{"id":13665,"date":"2026-11-06T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/?page_id=13665"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:43:27","slug":"drip-irrigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/drip-irrigation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Drip Irrigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"aiper-glossary\" lang=\"en-US\" data-result-one=\"{count} term\" data-result-many=\"{count} terms\" data-empty=\"No terms found. Try another name or clear the filters.\">\r\n     <header><p>Smart Irrigation<\/p><h1>What Is Drip Irrigation?<\/h1><p>Drip irrigation delivers water slowly through emitters positioned near plants, on or below the soil surface.<\/p><\/header>\r\n   <figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/drip-irrigation.svg?ver=0.5.11\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/drip-irrigation.svg?ver=0.5.11\" alt=\"Drip irrigation delivers water slowly through emitters positioned near plants, on or below the soil surface. Emitters along a pipe feed conceptual wetted areas below the surface.\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/picture><figcaption>Original conceptual diagram. Not to scale; actual equipment and site conditions vary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n   <section><h2>How to Understand It<\/h2><p>Emitters apply water at specific points rather than spraying a broad area. Water then moves through the surrounding soil. The wetted shape varies with soil and runtime; separate wetting bulbs in this illustration are conceptual, not a spacing recommendation.<\/p><\/section>   <section><h2>Related terms<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/infiltration\/\">Infiltration<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/irrigation-zone\/\">Irrigation Zone<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/root-zone\/\">Root Zone<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>   <section><h2>Learn more<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"guide\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/smart-irrigation-pillar\/\">How Modern Watering Systems Work<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"tool\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/drip-irrigation-calculator\/\">Drip Irrigation Calculator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>  <\/div>\r\n  <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Drip Irrigation\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"Drip irrigation delivers water slowly through emitters positioned near plants, on or below the soil surface.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/drip-irrigation\\\/\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/#terms\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"aiper_reading_time":1,"aiper_last_reviewed":"","aiper_reviewer":0,"aiper_related_ids":[],"aiper_layout":"tool","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13665","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":13665,"de":13755,"fr":13805,"es":13854},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13706,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13665\/revisions\/13706"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}