{"id":17566,"date":"2025-05-29T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azud.com\/casos-de-exito\/great-savings-in-water-consumption-in-organic-apple-production-with-subsurface-drip-irrigation-and-azud-premier\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T08:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:10:15","slug":"great-savings-in-water-consumption-in-organic-apple-production-with-subsurface-drip-irrigation-and-azud-premier","status":"publish","type":"caso-de-exito","link":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/success-stories\/great-savings-in-water-consumption-in-organic-apple-production-with-subsurface-drip-irrigation-and-azud-premier\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant reduction in water consumption in organic apple production with RGS and AZUD PREMIER"},"featured_media":16691,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"compania_titulo_":"","compania_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soluciones-de-Riego-Por-Goteo-Subterraneo-en-cultivos-ecologicos_-manzana-ecologica-en-alta-densidad.mp4","compania_texto":"<p>A project with a major fruit producer and distributor, characterized by significant progress, commitment, and experience.<\/p>\n<p>The company is constantly innovating and taking on new challenges with one goal in mind: the drive to improve every day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Lleida<\/p>\n","el_reto_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imagen-02-NUFRI.webp","compania_texto_copy":"<p>They launched an innovative project with the <strong>the largest estate in all of Europe<\/strong> in producing <strong>organic apple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Transition to Organic Farming <strong>involves a change in crop management<\/strong>. The adoption of a super-high-density framework, restrictions on the use of herbicides, and the fact that the dripline systems are above ground have posed considerable challenges in this process.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the use of organic farming is much more complex to implement. They were also looking to reduce their carbon footprint <strong>low water level<\/strong> in apple production. The farm had certain <strong>level differences<\/strong> and the project itself represented a <strong>major investment<\/strong>, which would require collateral.<\/p>\n","la_solucion_imagen":"","la_solucion_texto":"<p>The <strong>Sub-surface Drip Irrigation (SDI)<\/strong> It provided us with answers and solutions to all the project's problems and challenges. We managed to reduce the water footprint and remove the above-ground dripline, allowing us to tend the plantation without any obstacles and without stepping on the dripline.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, carrying out the installation and design with <a href=\"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/productos\/azud-premier-pc-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AZUD PREMIER<\/strong><\/a> With its large labyrinth-style impeller, even though it is designed for a flow rate of 0.9 L\/h, we can be sure that <strong>Operation is guaranteed to be effective against clogs and organic buildup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a disc filtration system is used <a href=\"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/productos\/azud-helix-automatic-4dcl-dlp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AZUD HELIX AUTOMATIC 4DCL DLP<\/strong><\/a>, which filters both the irrigation water and the nutrients to achieve a <strong>a more uniform mixture of higher quality<\/strong> Suitable for use in the irrigation system with complete confidence.<\/p>\n","beneficios_imagen":"https:\/\/azud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imagen-04-NUFRI.webp","beneficios_texto":"<p>We offer a <strong>solution-oriented service<\/strong> and the requirements for this type of organic farming. At AZUD, we design the <strong>custom project<\/strong> and we provide consulting services on operation and maintenance. A specialized implement has been designed to facilitate the implementation of the RGS. <strong>AZUD PREMIER + AZUD HELIX AUTOMATIC 4DCL DLP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivation and variety:<\/strong> Manzano (OPAL)<br \/>\n<strong>Growing Conditions:<\/strong> 3.0 x 0.66 m<br \/>\n<strong>Area:<\/strong> 40 hectares<br \/>\n<strong>Year of installation:<\/strong> 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Installed material:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Material Description: PREMIER PC AS d20<\/li>\n<li>Flow rate of the drippers: 0.9 L\/h<\/li>\n<li>Spacing between drippers: 0.50 m<\/li>\n<li>Spacing between drip lines: Double line 30 cm from the trunk<\/li>\n<li>Burying depth: 25 cm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"tipo-de-industriacultivos":[870],"subsector-casos-de-exito":[942],"lineas-de-actividad-casos":[962,967],"soluciones-casos-de-exito":[1052],"sector-casos-de-exito":[1088],"class_list":["post-17566","caso-de-exito","type-caso-de-exito","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/caso-de-exito"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79699,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso-de-exito\/17566\/revisions\/79699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-industriacultivos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-industriacultivos?post=17566"},{"taxonomy":"subsector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subsector-casos-de-exito?post=17566"},{"taxonomy":"lineas-de-actividad-casos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lineas-de-actividad-casos?post=17566"},{"taxonomy":"soluciones-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soluciones-casos-de-exito?post=17566"},{"taxonomy":"sector-casos-de-exito","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector-casos-de-exito?post=17566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}