Design and construction of drip irrigation and storm water harvesting system from drainage channels

Abstract

As the scarcity of water is rapidly increasing everyday particularly during the summer season, the demand for water also sustainable increases.in most cases during the dry periods of the year usually in the month of December to February in Busitema university farmers usually face a challenge of water stress on the crop that is to say water either available or not available cannot meet the demand of the crops and thus as a result in the design and construction of a storm water harvesting system to store the water during seasons of much runoff or more water to be used in seasons of less or no water so as to ensure a sustainable agricultural production. The study’s objectives included assessing the crop water requirement, conducting topographical surveys, calculating the estimated runoff volume and the design and construction of the underground tank and its apertures and then designing the overhead tank which will then temporally store the water and then by gravity water can be supplied to the farm using drip irrigation. Key words: water scarcity, irrigation