Sprinkler Irrigation Sprinkler irrigation is similar to rainfall. Water is piped to central locations and distributed by overhead high pressure sprinklers or guns or by low pressure sprays most suitable for field crops and vegetables.
Sprinklers can also be mounted on moving platforms connected to the water source by a hose. Automatically moving wheeled systems known as traveling sprinklers may irrigate areas such as small farms, sports fields, parks and pastures. Most of these utilize a length of polyethylene tubing wound on a steel drum. As the tubing is wound on the drum powered by the irrigation water or a small gas engine, the sprinkler is pulled across the field. When the sprinkler arrives back at the reel the system shuts off. Traveling irrigation sprinkler are used extensively for dust suppression, irrigation, and land application of waste water. .
Sprinkler Irrigation