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Simcha Blass (Hebrew: שמחה בלאס; November 27, 1897 – July 18, 1982) was a Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor who developed the modern drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Mekorot was established as the "Ḥevrat ha-Mayim" ('Water Company') on 15 February 1937 by Levi Shkolnik (later Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel between 1963-1969), water engineer Simcha Blass, and Pinchas Koslovsky (later Sapir, Minister of Finance between 1963-1968). [2] [3]
Chief engineer of the Mekorot Simcha Blass, who later became known as the inventor of the drip irrigation system, designed a water pipeline to the northern Negev. On the night of October 5–6, 1946, after the Yom Kippur fast, the settlers, including members of Kibbutz Ruhama and Gvulot, set up camp at eleven pre-determined locations in the Negev.
Usage of a plastic emitter in drip irrigation was developed in Israel by Simcha Blass and his son Yeshayahu. [6] Instead of releasing water through tiny holes easily blocked by tiny particles, water was released through larger and longer passageways by using friction to slow water inside a plastic emitter.
Simcha Blass (1897–1982), Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor; Simcha Bunim Alter (1898–1992) Simcha Bunim Cohen, Orthodox rabbi and author; Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (1765–1827), key leader of Hasidic Judaism in Poland; Simcha Dinitz (1929–2003), Israeli statesman and politician; Simcha Eichenstein (born 1983), American politician
Bill Blass (1922–2002), American fashion designer; Dave Blass, American production designer; Friedrich Blass (1843–1907), German classical scholar; Moses Blass (born 1937), Brazilian Olympic basketball medallist; Simcha Blass, (1897–1982), Israeli water engineer, inventor of drip irrigation systems; Steve Blass, baseball player and announcer
Westchester County prosecutors have two new suspects in a controversial 1996 double murder of an upstate millionaire that spawned five trials and an overturned conviction — but no answers.
Netafim is a manufacturer of irrigation equipment owned by Orbia Group.The company produces drippers, dripperlines, sprinklers and micro-emitters. Netafim also manufactures and distributes crop management technologies, including monitoring and control systems, dosing systems, and crop management software, as well as a variety of services, including managed irrigation, agronomical advisory and ...