Patent ID: 7972084
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A01G,B09C,C02F

Abstract:
1. A system for delivering treated irrigation water to a soil, wherein the system comprises: a storage component that functions to hold a water treatment composition for dilution into an aqueous solution to create a treated irrigation water; a feeding component having a chemical pump for feeding small volumes of the water treatment composition to the aqueous fluid to produce a treated irrigation water having a delivery component that applies the treated irrigation water for irrigation of a soil; wherein, the system functions to apply the treated irrigation water to the soil for an improved penetration of water into the soil during the irrigation, the improved penetration obtained through a constant, or substantially constant, application of the treated irrigation water to the soil during the irrigation; the penetration of water into the soil during the irrigation is improved over processes that do not apply (i) the non-ionic surfactant in an amount as low as about 0.0000057% by weight and (ii) the displacement ion in an amount ranging from about 0.00002% to about 0.03% by weight using the constant, or substantially constant, application; and, the application is substantially constant when a brief interlude in the applying of the treated irrigation water does not significantly affect the improved penetration of the water into the soil.