Smart Irrigation 5 Steps to Watering Well.

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Smart Irrigation 5 Steps to Watering Well

Why Water Well? Improve your landscape Reduce your water use Reduce your water bill Protect the environment Reduce our community’s water demand

Five Steps How much water do you use? Evaluate your system Repair and Adjust Be more efficient Get help

1. How much water do you use? Check your water bill

Test your flow rate Read your meter Run the sprinklers and time Read your meter again Subtract the difference

2. Evaluate your System Check your sprinklers regularly Look for… Watch them run Map the system Look for… Appropriate equipment Plugged, blocked or misdirected heads Inadequate coverage overspray Leaks and damage Slow turning on and off Weeping

3. Repair and Adjust Don’t procrastinate! Collateral damage can cost more than the repair Repair correctly

4. Be More Efficient Management Maintenance Technology

Management Make what you have work as well as it can Evaluation and repairs Learn your controller’s functions Read the directions Multiple programs Multiple start times Interval watering Seasonal Adjustment Schedule properly – Program correctly

Programming your controller Identify zones Assign zones to programs Run times Start times Skip Days or Interval Make the controller work for you. Program the schedule for the landscape not the controller. Stay organized. Work through the steps.

Maintenance Pruning Lawn Care Natural vs. Shearing Fertilizer Mowing Aeration Dethatching Reduce

New toys to upgrade your system Technology New toys to upgrade your system Sprinklers Low Volume/Drip Controllers

Sprinklers Rotary Nozzles

High Efficiency Spray Nozzles Sprinklers High Efficiency Spray Nozzles Toro Precision RainBird U-Series

Low Volume/Drip Retrofit Devices

Low Volume/Drip In-Line Emitter Tubing

Weather Based Irrigation Controllers Signal Based Weather Station Web Based

Soil Moisture Sensors

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