Benefits of Sprinkler Irrigation Systems Benefits of Sprinkler Irrigation Systems can be reviewed under four basic parts: Applicability: - Flows taken from underground and surface sources can be used in little quantities and continuously. - Shallow soils with complicated structure and profile that are problematical and unable to be leveled can be irrigated. - Vertical and slopped lands can be irrigated without causing soil erosion. - Agriculture sites with improper topography can be irrigated successfully without leveling. - Planting area increases because there is no need for field ditches. Maintenance problem of irrigation ditches are removed. - Artificial fertilizers can be given to soil successfully with irrigation water. Labor Saving Periodical moving systems’ laterals need to be moved one or two times each day at slightly short periods. Labor need can be decreased significantly by using mechanically moving laterals. Moreover, there may be no need for irrigation labor. Mechanical and automatic sprinkler systems require very little labor and are easy to be operated. Stable sprinkler systems can remove the need for labor during irrigation season. Management of full automatic systems is very easy. Special Uses With the use of Specially Planned Systems, excess weather conditions can be changed by increasing the environment humidity, plans can be chilled, and frost damage on leaves and flowers can be minimized. Thanks to the possibility to make little and spaced irrigation, it can be used in addition to rain for preparing seed beds, seed germination and seedling thinning. Sprinkler irrigation can be preferred to wash saline soils, because it is more efficient than surface irrigation. Water Saving With correct planning and operation of sprinkler systems, high irrigation performances can be achieved. For example, irrigation without raising the ground water can be enabled in shallow and high permeable soils. Correct planned systems are easy to operate and can be automated. With such systems, seasonal irrigation performance can be more than 75%.