Water Woes
By: Olivea, Hannah and Aliyah
INTRODUCTION
TEAM ROLES:
Notebook Designer: Olivea
Visual Display Coordinator: Olivea, Aliyah
Presentation Coach: Aliyah and Hannah
Project Manager: Hannah
BRAINSTORM
We brainstormed options that would work good for our Liberty Garden. We all came up with solutions that we thought would work. Olivea's idea was the one we chose. These are the ideas we came up with:
1) Run pipes from all 4 gutters into the cistern with sub or drip irrigation.
2) Same as the first but with 2 gutters.
3) Use a rain chain that runs into the cistern and use sprinkle irrigation.
We pick number 3 as our final design.
RESEARCH
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION:
North Dakota: Inches: 17.8
Millimeters: 452
Rank: #43
AVERAGE RAINFALL:
Fargo: Inches: 22.58 in.
Fall: 1.33 in. Winter: 0.87 in.
Spring: 2.69 in.
Summer: 2.64 in.
CLIMATE FOR NORTH DAKOTA:
Rainfall: 18 Inches
Snowfall: 31.1 Inches
Precipitation Days: 77/365
Sunny Days: 201/365
Average July High: 82°F
Average January Low: -3.8°F
UV Index: 3.1
Elevation: 1,806 ft.
Plot in the Garden
Rain Chain
45 Gal. Rain Barrel
50 foot Garden Hose
Redesign
When we got the feedback from our peers, we thought about the price, so instead of using pipes we used chains and the rain can flow down them to the rain barrel. Only using one gutter instead of four gutters. We are going to use sprinkle irrigation, so we will get a watering can and hose to water the garden by hand. We lowered the cost, got how we will the chains on, chosen what irrigation to use.
PROS
- Cheap
- Easy to set up
- Easy to replace if something goes wrong
CONS
- Chains could rust or break
- The pressure might not be strong enough to water the garden