What dirties solar panels in Wimauma
Field dust
Active tilling and harvest across the Balm and Wimauma agricultural belt is the dominant soiling source, and it runs most of the year.
New-construction dust
Southshore Bay, Ayersworth and the surrounding communities are still building, so limerock and fill sand are constantly in the air.
Nursery and greenhouse operations
Local nursery activity adds fine organic and soil particulate, and irrigation drift with it.
Well-water irrigation
Mineral-heavy well water on both agricultural and residential properties leaves scale on the lower panel rows.