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Old 10-06-2024, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by rsmurano View Post
What the villages should do is to tell the people in each district to run their sprinklers on a specific day and there will be no cost of doing this. The system knows how much water you use to water your lawn every day so it would be easy for them to credit you for 1 day. The major benefits would be: people’s lawns might look better, and that would draw down the water more than having TV water specific areas for 6 hours a day
How does the system know how much water you use every day? My irrigation system has a meter, and my bill reflects my monthly usage, but I didn't think they have daily usage data, unless they were to read the meter every day. Also, if you use the correct amount of water, the water should be absorbed by your lawn, and not drained off into the retention ponds. I think a lot of people use way too much irrigation water.