Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
How blessed we are to be living in the United States. We are also blessed that our country has always had an abundance of water. So why is it that we are now experiencing water shortages in most parts of our land?
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
The basic concept of dispensing less water in the right place is not new. Farmers centuries ago developed a method of irrigating trees in a desert environment with a minimum amount of water.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
Drip irrigation systems apply water at low pressure and low volume directly to or near the root zone of plants. Because water is applied slowly, less is lost to runoff and evaporation.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
THE SUMMERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE NO JOKE. The sun pounds the landscape like a hammer, and it’s not unusual for temperatures to reach the ’90s before noon. But the summer of 1999 was particularly brutal.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
How many of you out there have held onto a
truck until it was well passed its prime? The body
was probably peppered with dings and dents, and
the odometer had so many zeros on it that you got
dizzy every time you glanced down to check the
mileage. But you held onto it because you were
familiar with every creak and squeak the engine
made. Even though you knew it was the smart
thing to do, you had trouble moving on.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
“Do you do drip?” This is a question
contractors all over the country are
hearing more frequently as the demand
for drip irrigation continues to grow.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
When you’ve been a contractor
long enough, it may seem like
you’ve seen it all. However,
sometimes just when you start
to feel this way is when you
find yourself presented with a
truly challenging project.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
A growing number of property owners and municipalities are waking up to the fact that efficient landscape irrigation can play a major role in water conservation.
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
At the new Wynn Las Vegas resort, the decision was made early on to use synthetic turf in areas where there would be high traffic. Yet the use of that synthetic turf did not eliminate the need for an irrigation system; it just altered the direction the system would take.
At the new Wynn Las Vegas resort, the decision was made early on to use synthetic turf in areas where there would be high traffic. Yet the use
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Drip Irrigation - Low Flow
Drought conditions... Water restrictions... On-going scrutiny over irrigation practices... All have made landscape irrigation
professionals’ jobs more challenging and demanding
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