Irrigation : Small scale

A typical small scale sprinkler irrigation system.

Mabopane, Northwest Province, South Africa - Client : Mabopane Baptist Church / Eskom Development Foundation - Designed and built by Dams for Africa, August 2003

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(1) Pastor Mamatsimya and staff with Kwena Mapoka (bending) in front of the piece of land prior to irrigation system and garden.

(2) The booster pump increases the pressure to three bars, as required for sprinkler irrigation.

(3) The borehole pump fills the elevated tank overnight, which then supplies the booster pump.

(4) The sprinklers of the small irrigation system watering this magnificent vegetable garden at Mabopane.