Developing the South Forty Foot Water Bank - A pilot study

开发南四十英尺水岸 - 试点研究

• 批准号: 10081300
• 金额: $ 5.49万
• 依托单位: G & D MATTHEWS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10081300
• 关键词: Developing; South; Forty; Foot; Water

Climate change is having an adverse impact upon weather patterns, with prolonged periods of warmer weather and drought being predicted.Water has been essential for the production of quality salads, potatoes and other vegetables for some time. Climate change will increase that requirement. Non-traditionally irrigated crops are also more likely to have an economic response to irrigation.At the same time, sources of water are reducing; abstraction licences are being reduced or withdrawn to protect both the environment and groundwater sources for public water supply.The project relates to novel methods of storing water for use in the irrigation of arable crops, in particular high value potato, salads and vegetable production.It will explore the collaborative storage and use of water in a landscape scale, utilising appropriate technologies.The utilisation of water that would otherwise be pumped out to sea is sustainable and holding it in the landscape has potential environmental benefits.If successful it would improve sustainability and resilience of our food supply whilst having environmental benefits including the reduction is greenhouse gas emissions.The pilot study should lead to the development of a template which could be copied and utilised in many other low lying areas of Britain that are subject to pumped drainage.

气候变化正在对天气模式产生不利影响，预计将出现长时间的温暖天气和干旱，一段时间以来，水对生产优质沙拉、土豆和其他蔬菜至关重要。气候变化将增加这一要求。非传统灌溉作物也更有可能对灌溉产生经济效益。为了保护环境和公共供水的地下水资源，正在减少或撤销取水许可证。该项目涉及储存水用于灌溉可耕地作物，特别是高价值马铃薯的新方法，沙拉和蔬菜生产。它将探索在景观尺度上协同储存和使用水，利用适当的技术。水的利用，否则将被抽到海里是可持续的，并保持它在景观具有潜在的环境效益。如果成功，它将提高我们的食物的可持续性和弹性这项试验性研究应导致发展一个模板，可以复制和使用在英国许多其他低洼地区，受到抽水排水。