{"id":6674,"date":"2016-12-15T11:17:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T10:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/actueel\/eerste-resultaten-boer-bier-water-hoopvol\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:23:40","slug":"initial-results-of-boer-bier-water-are-promising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/en\/actueel\/initial-results-of-boer-bier-water-are-promising\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial results of &#8220;Boer Bier Water&#8221; are promising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_intro\">\n<p>The initial results of the study being undertaken by KWR show that the trial using reverse Level Controlled Drainage on the fields of dairy farmer Wilfried van Dijk is progressing successfully. Since November last year an Archimedean screw has been pumping purified wastewater from the neighbouring Bavaria brewery to the high, dry sand grounds of dairy farmer Wilfried van Dijk. The 2-year trial, which uses reverse Level Controlled Drainage, is aimed at showing whether the groundwater level can be sufficiently increased to benefit crops so the dairy farmer almost never needs to irrigation spray his fields again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Extreme year<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThat set-up seems to have succeeded,\u201d concludes KWR researcher Ruud Bartholomeus. \u201cBut I have to add that we\u2019ve not had a representative year and that makes interpreting the figures more difficult.\u201d The fact is there were virtually no water shortages during 2016. \u201cIn June there was even an excessive amount of rainfall, as a result of which the water supply was stopped temporarily. At other moments we\u2019ve been able to maintain a good water level.\u201d In addition, it has not yet become clear whether the system can become contaminated or blocked during the long-term supply of waste water, in which a very small amount of contamination is always present. \u201cAnd that\u2019s a reason for us to continue the trial for a further year,\u201d says Bartholomeus. Nonetheless, the groundwater level under the 9 hectare area of land has been raised by at least 1 metre, which is 40 centimetres more than the project partners had envisaged at the start of the trial.<\/p>\n<h2>Happy farmer<\/h2>\n<p>Dairy farmer Van Dijk is happy with the results so far, though he can\u2019t wait to modify the system so it works even better. \u201cThe land isn\u2019t the same height everywhere, which means the lower-lying land receives sufficient water before the higher areas. We are currently looking into the possibilities of modifying the existing Level Controlled Drainage (LCD) using section valves.\u201d Together with a consultant from the Southern Agricultural and Horticultural Organisation (ZLTO), Van Dijk is also investigating the possibilities of using purified wastewater from Bavaria to irrigation spray the areas that don\u2019t receive sufficient water via the Level Controlled Drainage system during periods of drought. A water storage basin would have to be installed for this. Van Dijk would also like a larger area of land to be supplied using the Level Controlled Drainage system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: ZLTO\/Nieuwe Oogst (text and photograph: Marieke Verbiesen)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The initial results of the study being undertaken by KWR show that the trial using reverse Level Controlled Drainage on the fields of dairy farmer Wilfried van Dijk is progressing successfully. 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