Drip irrigation system is a type of micro-irrigation of soil which has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants. This leads to the wise use of water and also makes water reach the roots of plants and minimize evaporation. Drip irrigation systems distribute water through a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters. Its efficiency depends on how well the system is designed, installed, maintained, and operated. A simple drip irrigation system is shown below in the figure.
A feeder line pipe is used to transfer water from the water tank source to the drip irrigation system. It is also used to connect the T-connectors to make different connections.
A 12V,3W Water pump is connected at one end of feeder pipeline.The male end of water pump is connected female dc connector.
Now, plan how you want to implement the drip irrigation. Once planned, measure the distance between your plants. Each emitter will water 1-2 plants.
We will make cut off the feeder line pipe according to the required dimension of our setup. Feeder line pipe is cut in different sizes so as to fix the connection between T connector and Drip emitters.
Now, one end of the T junction fully connects the pipe as shown in the figure. Make sure the length of the pipe is not too long or too short.
Now the setup consisting of one Drip emitter looks like as shown in the figure above.
We can connect the above setup in a series according to the required setup.
Since both the ends of setup are open. One end is connected to the water pump.