Irrigation Schedule
 

An article in TVS a few days ago about irrigation restrictions made reference to a schedule which I wasn’t aware of. Sure enough, if you drill down deep into the villages.net website there is one based on your lot #. It only specifies days (2 per week) and start times, with no limit on duration or volume of usage, so I don’t see how it helps in limiting water consumption.
But, if you’re interested here’s the lengthy drill down: CDD/Departments/Utilites/Irrigation info/CDD 1-14 irrigation schedule/Select your district
Don’t know if I’ll comply or not since there’s apparently no enforcement of it.

Do you mean "districtgov.org"? There is no website called villages.net.

If your water bill goes over the maximum monthly recommended for your lot size too often, may get a letter and threat to shut off your irrigation if not brought back into compliance.


(They recently blamed over waterimg for street deterioration in a Monarch Grove Villa neighborhood.)

There is a sign on my irrigation controller door saying when the watering should take place for my lot.

Irrigation schedule
 

There is a site the villages.net, been using it for six years.
The schedule on my box was published by sjrwmd.com and is completely different than TV schedule I referenced originally.
Perhaps it makes a difference if you reside north of 466 where irrigation is potable water, whereas south is recycled water.

I would follow the Villages schedule. The SWFWMD (and I suspect the SJRWMD as well) guidelines say to follow the county guidelines if they are more restrictive. Sumter county (and I suspect Marion county) guidelines say to follow the municipality guidelines if they are more restrictive.

Therefore, I would follow SWFMD->Sumter->Villages.

Also, the Villages schedule staggers the days and times to distribute usage throughout the week rather than the entire area/county drawing water at the same time.

Google "The Villages.net" website pops up we use the golf portion

Water schedules
 

Once in the NET, where do I go? I see nothing related to schedules.

The reason to stagger the watering schedule is so the water pressure doesn't drop too much.

To avoid confusion, the site referred to is thevillages.net, one word, not the villages.net

TheVillages.net - Login - Email, tee-times, computer support - serving The Villages, Florida and the Tri-county area.

Or

Village Community Development Districts

Some irrigation water comes from retention ponds.

Interesting... there are surface water interconnecting designs in T V south of 466. T V turns on sprinklers to prevent flooding etc.

T V has ample water in the new man-made "ponds" and "lakes" that are at attractive high levels in the newest sale areas. Recently sold neighborhoods within a couple mile range have retention pond, lol, waterfront properties that are at low levels.

To be told there is a lawn watering shortage in T V south of 466 makes this mind hmmmm... T V does have intricate surface water management.

Squirrel... If enough water does not exist in T V to keep the expensive, high maintenance, chemical infested (where does one think these chemicals go btw) required "turf" on T V home lots green then... why not allow dreaded, forbidden, rocks to be placed to the road's edge??

More runoff would be produced to fill ponds.

A reasoning behind no rocks is surface water runoff...

Do we not need more water in the reserves????

Cyclical...

Then their pumps are undersized.

Potable water is used north of 441 in the historic district.

Correct. There is a website address named "thevillages.net". "Villages.net" and "the villages.net" are not website addresses.

Here is the Link:
 

Irrigation Schedules | TheVillagesWaterWisdom

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There should be a note in your irrigation control box specifying your scheduled "run days" and "start times". This ensures your entire community isn't all staring at the same time. Average run times are 20-39 minutes per station

I thought 441 ran mostly north and south? I would have characterized the historic 'side' as being east of 441, but that's just me. Generally, highways that run east-west are even numbered and odd numbered ones run north and south. Anyway, we are north of 466 and west of 27/441 and our irrigation water is the same as the house water.

If you are referring to a "station" as a "zone", then 20-39 minutes is way too long. I run the shrub areas for 10 minutes and the grass areas for 20 minutes.

My times are similar: 5 minutes for shrubs and 15 or 20 minutes for grass areas.

Run time should relate to how much water you want to deliver and type sprinkler head being used.

And water runs down drain for 15 mins per zone. :duck:

One way to gauge how much water you need is to look at your neighbors' lawns and see if they have a healthy lawn. Then, go to "districtgov.org" and view several water bills, which is public information searchable by address. If you are using twice as much irrigation water as your neighbors, you are probably watering too much.

Another way is do the "tuna can test".
Spread a few cans around, they should collect 1/2-3/4" per watering.
Every system may be different. I may water 30 min in a zone but the nozzle output may be different, gpm output may be different that is run with less or more time.

Thank you for clarifying - I will sign up as soon as I move.

Remember that this is just a schedule of when you MAY water, not one of when you MUST water.

Many people neglect to turn their irrigation off (usually a simple turn of the dial) when it is not needed due to there having been plenty of rain.

Over-watering is a waste of a precious resource and is detrimental to your lawn as it will wash away all those expensive chemicals that get sprayed on regularly.

My house in Hawkins has the Hunter MP rotator nozzle heads that are rated for 0.8 inches per hour. I did measure and it takes 40 minutes to get a 1/2 inch of water on the grass zones. The heads in the landscaping are the normal sprayers so I run that zone for 10 minutes.

TheVillages.net

That's correct, not sure if they have updated the info left for the homeowner.

A WIFI controller makes it easy to delay watering for a few days when rain is expected.

I have the Orbit B-Hyve controller which takes into account many factors to calculate water need thus saving water. An added perk is when working on a sprinkler head, you can turn it on and off with your phone, no running back and forth to the garage. I've had mine since 2019 and it has worked flawlessly. Very easy to swap out previous controller.