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Implementation of Selected Eco-Solution

After discussion with Prince’s Landscape, it was
ascertained that the best eco-solutions to be
implemented was the installation of a drip-irrigation
system and hose nozzles to some parts of the nursery
(see Figure 17). This was selected as the company has
prior expertise in and its implementation provides
savings in terms of water usage and productivity and
environmental sustainability.

Figure 17: Discussions held in the company office.

A trial of the drip-irrigation system was tested in an area
of the nursery that holds an average of 800 potted plants
at any one time. A group of 20 potted plants in the retail Figure 18: Collection of baseline reading
area was selected and sectioned off for the trial. of water usage for manual watering.

For nine days, students and workers recorded the time
taken to water the section using the maximum water
flow, which was the usual practice in the company (see
Figure 18). The current method used to water plants is
by hand using a hose without a hose nozzle. The results
are shown below (see Table 1).

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