Fresh food to final solution: Agriculture made green

该项目将研究在温室设施中增加灰水回收利用的方法，以**最大限度地提高系统效率。温室水可分为以下几类：(1)初级水；(2)排水；(3)营养补充水；(4)灌溉水。其中原水是雨水或来自温室外部环境的**其他“原水”来源，排出的水是经过温室初期阶段收集的水**，并为提高用水效率而重新收集；**(1)和(2)通常都缺乏生长营养，因此需要营养补充，所有三种**成分混合在一起，形成温室植物的实际灌溉用水。在这个过程中，我们在第(5)步中加入农业灰水。农业灰水预计会含有营养物质，这些营养物质会减少或消除步骤(3)。然而，到目前为止，还没有关于建议的处理过程和**关于我们温室系统中的需要的水质的研究。巴苏博士和行业合作伙伴BWGlobal正在**合作，帮助评估一个内部系统，该系统可以进一步处理温室中水，以便**回收、再利用或商业化。

This project will research methods to increase recycling of grey-water produce in a greenhouse facility to**maximize system efficiency. Greenhouse water can be classified in the following categories (1) primary water,**(2) drain water, (3) nutrient supplementation, (4) irrigation water. Wherein primary water is the rainwater or**other "raw water" source that comes from the outside environment for the greenhouse, the drain water is water**collected after it passes through the initial stages of the greenhouse and is recaptured for water efficiency; both**(1) and (2) are generally lacking in growth nutrients, thus nutrient supplementation is required and all three**components are mixed to make the actual irrigation water for the greenhouse plants. In this process we are**adding in step (5) agricultural grey water. The agricultural grey water is expected to contain nutrients that will**reduce or eliminate step (3). However, to-date there is no research with proposed treatment process and the**water quality with respect to needs in our greenhouse systems. Dr. Basu and industry partner, BWGlobal, are**collaborating together to help assess an internal system that can further process greenhouse grey-water to**recycle, reuse or commercialize it.