Posted by William Vander Plaats on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 @ 02:07 PM
The world's largest agricultural equipment exposition opens next week in the heart of California (Tulare), a battleground for water rights. World Ag Expo -- formerly known as the Tulare Farm Show -- will feature many products and varied opinions claiming to be the best way to make the most efficient use of water. As the
demand for water tightens due to population growth and other factors, the challenge to determine the wisest use of that water gets even more difficult. Not just in California, but everywhere.
Everyone appears to be getting into the water conservation movement, from homeowners to farmers, who have always considered water a vital and precious resource. Agricultural use of water is immense, and in the United States the use of water for irrigation is the single largest use in the non-commercial and non-residential sectors. Farm equipment and machinery used to aid in conserving water while still maximizing crop yield can be a big part of the long-term solution. This includes a water handling and delivery system consisting of pumps, irrigation systems, and a combination of filtration techniques and systems to keep everything else operating at its highest efficiency.
Two of the most common water problems on the farm which can be easily fixed with an effective filtration system include:
Each of these -- if not corrected or prevented -- will lead to water waste and higher energy usage, as the pumps and valves and other components of the water system are adversely affected by the sand and other solids.
But there are solutions. Solutions to prevent any short-term or long-term drop in water efficiency.
Want to learn more? Download our Water Well Sand Prevention Brochure and read how to keep sand in a water well from damaging your pumps. And see how you can save water and energy at the same time.
Posted by William Vander Plaats on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 @ 10:59 AM
LAKOS will be in booth #56 at this year's California Groundwater Association Show on November 6-7 in Reno, Nevada. On display will be the two stars of the LAKOS water well pump protection team: 
- The SUB-K, used for submersible pump sand protection up to 100 US gpm, as well as
- The PPS, used for turbine pump sand protection and for submersible pumps over 100 US gpm
Also on display will be the river water Self-Cleaning PC intake screens, residential sand prevention units SandMaster and SandMasterPlus, and for pre-filtering sand media filters and many other agricultural applications, the ILB.
Please plan to join us.