Sustainable Irrigation begins with knowledge. WaterSmart Audits invites you to learn the latest terminology in Water Conservation -- Audits. We’re EPA Water Sense Partners certified in Landscape Irrigation Auditing we can offer you a scientific and standardized evaluation of your sprinkler system’s performance.
WaterSmart Audits can perform an irrigation audit or water use analysis on your property and it will usually result in significant savings of water and money. This is especially true with the older systems that have never been in compliance with current conservation standards and practices.
We’ll identify components that may need to be adjusted, replaced or upgraded. We’ll determine the system precipitation rate (PR) and distribution uniformity (DU) for a single station or all stations. We’ll evaluate the system run time against correctly calculated run times based on actual ET calculations for each station. The run times will factor in location, soil type, existing slopes, plant type and density, sun exposure, sprinkler type and root-depth requirements. We’ll provide new recommendations for run times based on these calculations and that comply with the current standards.
We can usually help you save many gallons of water and that means buckets of money.
You have seen dry spots in yards where coverage from one head isn’t meeting and overlapping the coverage from the next closest head. Irrigation Audits go beyond the visual site inspection. They deliver precise statistics on how evenly your sprinklers apply water.
Auditing is the inspection of a system to verify the proper operation of each component, the uniformity of the coverage provided and to determine the appropriate water-efficient irrigation schedule using calibrated catch devices. These cups are placed at specific locations within a stations or zone. A station or zone is then run for a measured amount of time. Afterwards, the amount of water in each cup is recorded and run through a formula that yields how evenly distributed the water is spread through the zone.
The results of an audit indicate precisely how much water is applied to your yard per hour, the Precipitation Rate. This key value helps determine how long your sprinklers need to run to deliver the 1” of water a week needed in the North Texas region during high summer. Additionally, audit results reveal what steps your yard can take to benefit from corrected and improved distribution uniformity. Immediate benefits can be using less water, lowering water bills and healthier landscapes. Long term benefits can be saving water and lowering your yard maintenance issues.
Over time, your sprinkler system has probably had some heads replaced, the yard has had some plants replaced or added, garden areas have been enlarged or reduced, plants have grown, and fencelines have changed -- all sorts of landscaping changes. This has affected how efficiently your system waters.
WaterSmart Audits can help improve how your sprinklers apply water by optimizing industry standards like matched precipitation rate, head to head coverage and hydrozoning. Let a Heads Up Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor evaluate your system and maximize your water conservation efforts.
WaterSmart Audits can perform an irrigation audit or water use analysis on your property and it will usually result in significant savings of water and money. This is especially true with the older systems that have never been in compliance with current conservation standards and practices.
We’ll identify components that may need to be adjusted, replaced or upgraded. We’ll determine the system precipitation rate (PR) and distribution uniformity (DU) for a single station or all stations. We’ll evaluate the system run time against correctly calculated run times based on actual ET calculations for each station. The run times will factor in location, soil type, existing slopes, plant type and density, sun exposure, sprinkler type and root-depth requirements. We’ll provide new recommendations for run times based on these calculations and that comply with the current standards.
We can usually help you save many gallons of water and that means buckets of money.
You have seen dry spots in yards where coverage from one head isn’t meeting and overlapping the coverage from the next closest head. Irrigation Audits go beyond the visual site inspection. They deliver precise statistics on how evenly your sprinklers apply water.
Auditing is the inspection of a system to verify the proper operation of each component, the uniformity of the coverage provided and to determine the appropriate water-efficient irrigation schedule using calibrated catch devices. These cups are placed at specific locations within a stations or zone. A station or zone is then run for a measured amount of time. Afterwards, the amount of water in each cup is recorded and run through a formula that yields how evenly distributed the water is spread through the zone.
The results of an audit indicate precisely how much water is applied to your yard per hour, the Precipitation Rate. This key value helps determine how long your sprinklers need to run to deliver the 1” of water a week needed in the North Texas region during high summer. Additionally, audit results reveal what steps your yard can take to benefit from corrected and improved distribution uniformity. Immediate benefits can be using less water, lowering water bills and healthier landscapes. Long term benefits can be saving water and lowering your yard maintenance issues.
Over time, your sprinkler system has probably had some heads replaced, the yard has had some plants replaced or added, garden areas have been enlarged or reduced, plants have grown, and fencelines have changed -- all sorts of landscaping changes. This has affected how efficiently your system waters.
WaterSmart Audits can help improve how your sprinklers apply water by optimizing industry standards like matched precipitation rate, head to head coverage and hydrozoning. Let a Heads Up Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor evaluate your system and maximize your water conservation efforts.