The next generation of irrigation

Abstract

In the mid-20th century, the advent of diesel and electric motors led to systems that could pump groundwater out of major aquifers faster than drainage basins could refill them hence revolutionizing the whole irrigation system and paving a path for modern technology to play its part in it. In this paper we propose an irrigation system that comes in par with the development in technology. Incorporating a microcontroller, a soil hygrometer and a weather sensor, we plan to develop a relatively low cost irrigation system that would be completely self-sustaining and require almost no human intervention.