Communal reservoirs

The technology consists of the installation of multi-family microreservoirs connected to collective plot irrigation systems, which are managed by irrigation committees. The capacity of these reservoirs is a function of the amount of area to be irrigated; The stored water is conveyed through the collection channels, which can be made of earth or lined with concrete; The stored water is piped through a main pipe, and then diverted through secondary pipes to the hydrants of the plots, where it is connected to the irrigation systems of each plot. As it is a technology in which several families are involved, the success of the practice depends on the development of an efficient distribution plan for irrigation shifts. With this objective, committees are formed that define the irrigation pattern, which is governed by a design based on shifts (distribution) based on the number of irrigators who benefit from the waters of the microreservoir.