Rice · 900–1,100 mm/year
Rice: volumes outside the flooded paddy
Rice farming in Vercellese, Lombardy or the Camargue relies on charge basins and headwater reservoirs upstream of the fields. These storage surfaces — separate from flooded paddies — lose up to 1,100 mm/year to evaporation.
Technical clarification
Our solutions are never installed on flooded crop plots: photosynthesis is essential there, and we do not cover inundated paddies. Hydropreserve works exclusively on storage basins, regulation reservoirs and supply canals upstream of the fields. We secure the water volume before it reaches your paddies, so it is not lost to evaporation before use.
How we intervene
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1. Source
Storage basin or regulation reservoir
Covered zone · Hexprotect AQUA
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2. Distribution
Supply canal or pump to the fields
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3. Field
Flooded paddies — never covered
Resource security
By protecting your storage basin, we extend hydraulic autonomy by 15 to 20 days in peak heat, making you less dependent on pumping restrictions on rivers and canals.
Water quality
Covering your reservoirs limits algae and pathogen growth in stored water before irrigation, reducing sanitary risks for your crops.
Challenge
Po tension: every m³ is counted.
Orders of magnitude
20,000 m² at 1,000 mm/year loses 20,000 m³.
Solution
Modular cover for large shallow basins.
Related regions
Data-backed case study
20,000 m² headwater basin in the Po Valley (Vercellese): 20,000 m³/year gross loss, 17,600 m³ secured with Hexprotect AQUA cover (η = 0.88).
Read rice farming case studySource: ARPAE.