Basic HTML Version
European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3-INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
7
Irrigation Association Webinars
The Smart Irrigation Month: Bringing
Water to Life webinar series will offer
interest sessions regarding irrigation in
2014:
July 31, Promoting Efficient
Irrigation: Strategies That
Work
Oct. 21, The Future of Irrigated
Agriculture in the Colorado
River Basin: Will There Be
Enough Water?
Dec. 11, Water Budgeting: The
Future
of
Landscape
Irrigation?
Find more and subscribe for free at:
May 2014, the highest global
temperatures
The USA, National Water and Climate
Center produces a weekly report, in
cooperation with the National Drought
Mitigation Center and other Federal
agencies. The report focuses on
precipitation,
temperature
and
snowpack conditions in the western
U.S., and provides a USA national
drought summary. “With records
dating back to 1880, the combined
average temperature over global land
and ocean surfaces reached a record
high for May, at 0.74°C higher than the
20th century average. This surpassed
the previous record high anomaly of
0.72°C set in 2010. The average land
surface temperature for the globe was
the fourth highest for May in the 135-
year period of record, at 1.13°C higher
than average. The seven warmest
Mays over land have all been
observed during the 21
st
century, with
the four warmest occurring since 2010.
At the hemispheric scale, while the
Northern Hemisphere land areas were
sixth warmest for that particular region
of the globe, the Southern Hemisphere
land was record warm for May,
surpassing the previous highest May
temperature (set in 2002) by 0.17°C".
WaterSense
develops
Landscape Irrigation Sprinkler
Specification
At USA, outdoor water use accounts
for about 30% of average household
water use. To help increase outdoor
water efficiency, EPA is issuing a
Notice of Intent (NOI) to develop a
specification for landscape irrigation
sprinklers. This NOI will complement
the specification for irrigation control
technologies, as well as the work
WaterSense is doing with irrigation
professionals.
Find more at:
Living Architecture Monitor
In the recent issue of this e-magazine,
among others, we suggest reading the
article of R. Black, entitled: "Water: the
key to everything green". Read it at: