In this article, a review of nine new and innovative methods against emitter clogging is presented. Some of them used only freshwater sources (canal water and groundwater) and some of them compared the results of the preventive or treatment method for freshwater and TWW/RW. Though the flushing and filtration methods are well-known conventional methods, few research works delved on effects of varying the flushing pressure as well as frequency and hence they were included for review. Table 1 lists different methods reviewed by this study.
Various innovative methods of prevention and/or treatment of emitter clogging
| Physical methods | Flushing of laterals and use of filters |
| Magnetizing the irrigation water | |
| Generating molecular oscillations using MERUS ring | |
| Pulsating or dynamic pressure application | |
| Ultrasound treatment of water | |
| Chemical methods | Fertigation |
| Application of N-halamine nano particles (NPs) | |
| Electrochemical method | |
| Biological methods | Treatment with various antagonist bacterial strains (Bacillus spp, Burkholdria spp, Lactococcus garvieae and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) |
| Physical methods | Flushing of laterals and use of filters |
| Magnetizing the irrigation water | |
| Generating molecular oscillations using MERUS ring | |
| Pulsating or dynamic pressure application | |
| Ultrasound treatment of water | |
| Chemical methods | Fertigation |
| Application of N-halamine nano particles (NPs) | |
| Electrochemical method | |
| Biological methods | Treatment with various antagonist bacterial strains (Bacillus spp, Burkholdria spp, Lactococcus garvieae and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) |