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Simcha Blass was born in Warsaw, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He was active in the Jewish self-defense units organized in Warsaw to defend Jews during the end of World War I. His engineering studies in Warsaw were interrupted by the Polish-Soviet War and completed after that war.
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.
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]
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
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.
Blass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... Simcha Blass, (1897–1982), Israeli water engineer, inventor of drip irrigation systems;
The invention of drip irrigation by Simcha Blass has led to a large expansion of agriculture in arid regions, and in many places drip irrigation is the de facto irrigation technique utilized. Studies have consistently shown large water use reduction with drip irrigation or fertigation , with one study returning an 80% decrease in water use and ...
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