Irrigation plays a critical role in the success of plant cultivation, and choosing the right system (or the wrong one) can significantly affect plant health, water efficiency, and overall productivity.

Resource Innovation Institute experts share their insights on how CEA operations can optimize their water usage.

The BioTherm Dissolved Oxygen System (DOS) is a gas-to-liquid infusion technology that increases measurable dissolved oxygen levels in irrigation water.

The shared nature of many groundwater resources means that pumping by one irrigator affects water availability for others.

A research project in Canada has found a sustainable method to cool irrigation water for greenhouse crops, improving both plant health and quality.

Drought was a major issue last summer, and the horticulture industry will likely experience more droughts in the coming years.

Indoor growers cannot afford to overlook water quality, especially as water resources grow scarcer.

The Resource Innovation Institute and FarmTech Society are joining forces to drive energy and water data collection and analysis, with the goal of advancing climate-smart indoor growing practices.

The development and adoption of technologies to use water more efficiently and effectively is paramount.

The partnership will operate as Integrated Water Process and will focus on total water management by providing growers with a range of scalable water solutions.

Water is becoming more scarce, so growers are learning to do more with less.

A recent review of current information on water and energy use in controlled-environment horticulture shows there is still much to learn, but also much to gain.

The Water Circularity Working Group plans to identify strategies that all growers, regardless of size, can follow to reduce water waste and improve water quality.