{"id":2665,"date":"2023-01-24T07:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:04:50","slug":"deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepDrop\u00ae reduces water footprint by 40%. An example on an avocado farm."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/#Water_footprinting_a_very_new_tool\" >Water footprinting: a very new tool<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/#Water_footprint_calculation\" >Water footprint calculation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/#Water_footprint_of_an_avocado_farm_with_a_DeepDrop%C2%AE_irrigation_system\" >Water footprint of an avocado farm with a DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/deepdrop-reduces-water-footprint-by-40-an-example-on-an-avocado-farm\/#Water_footprint_results_in_2022_with_the_use_of_DeepDrop%C2%AE_drippers\" >Water footprint results in 2022 with the use of DeepDrop\u00ae drippers:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1417933248\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water_footprinting_a_very_new_tool\"><\/span><b>Water footprinting: a very new tool<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The water footprint of a product is calculated on the basis of the amount of water that has been needed throughout its manufacturing chain<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.  <\/span><span class=\"s3\">As Beatriz Padillo explains in her article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iagua.es\/blogs\/beatriz-pradillo\/huella-hidrica-indicador-agua-que-consumimos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">&#8220;Huella h\u00eddrica: indicador del agua que consumimos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><b>,<\/b> the water footprint is a calculation that was invented in 2002 by the sadly deceased Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esagua.es\/arjen-hoekstra-el-profesor-que-cambio-el-mundo-del-agua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\"><b>Arjen Y. Hoekstra<\/b><\/span><\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un-ihe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">UNESCO Institute for Water Education.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He defined the water footprint as the total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services consumed by an individual or a community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">DeepDrop\u00ae<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">devices<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">convert traditional irrigation systems into underground and localised irrigation systems in an agile and economical way, making use of the surface irrigation infrastructure.<\/span> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water_footprint_calculation\"><\/span><b>Water footprint calculation<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the calculation of the water footprint, 3 different types of water are weighted:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">The blue water corresponding to <\/span><span class=\"s3\">the fresh water resources needed to manufacture a product or provide a service. <b>O lo que es lo mismo:the volume of freshwater consumed from surface<\/b> water (rivers, lakes and reservoirs) and groundwater (aquifers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">Green water addresses <b>the evaporation experienced during processing<\/b>, the volume of water evaporated and transpired from global green water resources (mainly rainwater stored in the agricultural soil as moisture during the growing season of crops).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">Grey water refers <b>to water that is contaminated as a result of the processes<\/b>. In this case, the quantity of water that is necessary to dilute the pollutants in order to maintain or exceed the water quality levels required by current regulations is estimated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water_footprint_of_an_avocado_farm_with_a_DeepDrop%C2%AE_irrigation_system\"><\/span><b>Water footprint of an avocado farm with<\/b> <span class=\"s1\"><b>a DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As an example, we will take a small area of a farm with 140 avocado trees. We exclusively calculate the water requirements for the production of a plantation of such avocado trees corresponding to blue water, from planting to harvesting in one year&#8217;s crop. As far as green water is concerned, since the farm is located in Malaga, this last year we can say that it has suffered great droughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The DeepDrop\u00ae<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">devices<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">were planted on this small farm from the start of planting in 2019. The following shows the evolution of the growth of these trees from year to year, from 2019 to 2022:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1064 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica.jpg\" alt=\"Water footprint of avocado trees\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica.jpg 512w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-247x247.jpg 247w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-510x510.jpg 510w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aguacates-Huella-hidrica-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water_footprint_results_in_2022_with_the_use_of_DeepDrop%C2%AE_drippers\"><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Water footprint results in 2022 with the use of<\/b><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><b>DeepDrop\u00ae drippers:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table class=\"t1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Water footprint in 2022 with the use of<\/b><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><b>DeepDrop\u00ae drippers:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Production in 2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">3000 kg avocados<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Water consumption<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1000 cubic metres<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td3\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Water footprint per kg of avocado<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td3\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\">333 litres<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">We see that these 333 litres contrast with the results presented in an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/revistamercados.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Revista Mercados<\/span><\/a> in March 2022, which describes the following data:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>&#8220;The implementation of improvements in the cultivation processes of the so-called &#8220;fruit of life&#8221; have resulted in<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/revistamercados.com\/el-aguacate-reduce-su-huella-hidrica-internacional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\"><i>the amount of water needed to produce one kilo of avocado being around 600 litres, according to the World Avocado Organisation (WAO).<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, taking into account these <span  class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/avocadofruitoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EL-CONSUMO-DE-AGUA-DEL-AGUACATE-ES-PROPORCIONAL-A-SU-INCOMPARABLE-APORTE-NUTRICIONAL.pdf', '');\"><span class=\"s1\">data provided by the World Avocado Organisation<\/span><\/span>, the DeepDrop\u00ae devices achieve a reduction of up to 44.5% of the water footprint, which means a very significant reduction in water use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sometimes a small improvement to an existing system can make a big difference. If it is also done with a personalised irrigation plan for each farm and type of tree, as described in the previous article. <span style=\"color: #24b6e2;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #24b6e2;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/deepdrop-una-apuesta-por-la-racionalizacion-del-agua\/', '');\"><span class=\"s1\">A commitment to rationalising water use&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, this improvement can be tracked from year to year and the effectiveness of the improvement can be easily monitored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s2\">In times of drought like these,<\/span> DeepDrop\u00ae is an agile, effective and efficient response to save water in the fields and, in turn, ensure that agricultural production is not so threatened by the lack of water and the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even so, at DeepDrop\u00ae System we continue to study the optimisation of water resources with the use of our localised irrigation system in order to take stock of all the benefits we obtain with its implementation. And we do it in collaboration with the <a href=\"http:\/\/igsuma.uma.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Laboratory of Geomorphology and Soils of the Institute of Habitat, Territory and Digitalisation<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">of the University of Malaga.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1417933248 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2696,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}