WaterItRight | Saving Water With Your Landscape

Saving Water on Your Landscape
Introduction Using the Controllor With the Sprinkler System By Landscape Design With Maintenance By Proper Scheduling	Welcome to our tips for water conservation! Here you will find tips on how to select and schedule a controller for your landscape needs, what to look for in a sprinkler system and landscape design, how to maintain the sprinkler system and landscape, and steps to take in order to keep the landscape green.
The first thing that comes to most peoples mind when they think of water conservation is that they conserve water and their ne The first thing that comes to most peoples’ mind when they think of water conservation is that they conserve water and their neighbor wastes water. This may be true, however, do you know how much water is applied to your landscape? You may know how many gallons you pay for, but how many inches of water is that equivalent to? Do you know that most plants only need from 15 to 36 inches of water per year? A lot of systems are applying over 96 inches of water per year, over an 8-foot column of water. The average sprayer system applies about 1.5 inches of water per hour. A system set to come on every morning for 15 minutes will water about 2.6 inches of water per week. At the end of a 35-week season, this would be 92 inches of water. How much water does your system apply in 1 hour of run time? To find out, follow the step on auditing your sprinkler system. How many inches of water do you need to apply to the plants in your yard? To find out, sign up for our irrigation scheduler. Are you conserving water if you don’t know how many inches of water you need or how much water you’re applying?