Irrigation Assistance
Smarter Irrigating Decision
with Data
#CAwaterdatadive
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Problem
80% is agriculture use
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Irrigating Water
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http://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/
Irrigating
Water
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Subtitle
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Using data to reduce
Agricultural Water Usage
Solution
"Don't over watering"
"Don't under watering"
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"When to irrigate crops?"
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"How much water should I irrigate?"
Considering...
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Dynamic weather conditions
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Control Water Usage under Cost Tiers
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Best Timing to water
Factors
- Crop type
- Weather factor
- Humidity
- Temperature
- Soil Condition
- Precipitation
- Field Area
- Water Price
- Seasons & Time
Collecting Data
- Water consumption
- Soil temp, soil humidity
To Make Better Decisions
Simplified
Variables:
- Location
- Crop
- Field Area
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Feature
Try to keep water
Usage at Tier 1
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Datasets
Weather / Precipitation / (Water price)
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Summary
Helping farmers to make smarter irrigating decisions
Future Works
- Integrating more data
- Deploy as a web interface
Data Sources
- http://et.water.ca.gov/Rest/Index
- http://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/
- https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/crop-mapping-2014
Irrigation Assistance
Smarter Irrigating Decision
with Data
#CAwaterdatadive
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CA Water Data Chellenge
By johannhuang
CA Water Data Chellenge
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