Are there some easy things I can do to save water in a landscape?
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ater conservation for landscapes does not have to be complicated. The majority of irrigation systems I evaluate have lots of room for improvement. Often the first enhancements can be made, with minor costs. As a result, the return on the investment is achieved quickly. It’s similar to beginning golf. At first breaking 100 is relatively easy and doesn’t take much of a time investment. As scores get lower and lower, it takes more to improve. Unfortunately, most irrigation systems are an equivalent of shooting over 100 in golf.
Take time to evaluate your system. Find items to change or adjust with minimal time and effort, creating an immediate return on investment for the property. Have a professional inspect the irrigation system and evaluate how it performs. An irrigation auditor accomplishes this with an irrigation evaluation or water audit. You will discover areas to make improvements simply by taking time to evaluate a system and the only investment is time.
As I travel around the country, I like to ask, “How often are your controllers programmed?” A common answer is, “Four times a year, corresponding to the seasons”. On some occasions I get a response, “Monthly,” but when probing, I often learn it’s actually monthly during the hot parts of the year, and spring and fall don’t get much attention. There is the rare occasion when the response is “Weekly.” Significant gains in water management can be made with weekly adjustments to your controllers. Talk to your landscaper about the cost of having additional periodic adjustments made to the controllers. Better yet, an investment in a smart controller will save significant amounts of water because the controller automatically adjusts 365 days a year. This requires an investment in the controller, but my experience has shown that many times
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