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Originally Posted by jrref
This year I can't believe how many homeowners I see fixing their lawn irrigation sprinkler heads either themselves or by a professional.
One of the problems is becasue we haven't had much rain this season, the retention ponds are unusually low and we are getting a lot of sand and debris in the re-claimed irregation water.
The only way to solve this problem is by installing an irrigation filter. It's not expensive but once intstalled and your sprinkler heads and filters cleaned or replaced if they are already clogged, you won't have to spend that yearly cost cleaning or replacing your sprinkler heads meaning the installation of an irrigation filter will pay for itself in one season.
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Different parts of the Villages draw non-potable water from various retention ponds and wetland swamps. Clarity of this water varies. The Villages does NOT filter this water that is fed to home sprinklers. Some areas have high amounts of sand and debris in their source. Leaving the individual little filters off of each head may work in some areas, but not in others. I live in the Preserves and that water is nasty. I had a cleanable filter element installed at my home water source to help cut down the amount of time it took to clean and service each individual head. You still have to clean individual head screens from time to time if you notice coverage has decreased. But the mainline filter makes a big difference. I have about sixty heads or so, that took all day before I got the main filter.