We are looking to install a solar powered pump to irrigate a 1/2 acre (full sun) in northern Arizona. There is no power source but the plot is located below an active irrigation ditch; we are planning to use some flood irrigation for fruit trees and established perennials and would like to also install a pump system that can provide enough pressure (30-50 PSI) to power sprinklers (located below the ditch) and raised drip emitters (located above and below the ditch). Does anyone know of a solar panel and pump kit that would be enough to get us going? Or does anyone have a similar system in use that we could recreate?
Any recommendations on pumps that would provide enough water to run sprinklers (say 8 heads)? How many solar panels would be needed? Is it necessary to also have batteries? Any estimate on prices? Any help would be awesome. We hope to have an irrigation system up and running by mid-April.
THANKS!
