| EdFNJ |
06-16-2019 05:56 PM |
Shocking irrigation water bill
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Originally Posted by Toymeister
(Post 1657518)
Do have an interior, corner or pie shaped lot? Do you have a designer home?
With knowing nothing about your lot size or how green you want your lawn the average May water consumption is about 14,000 gallons. This is based upon over 40 irrigation years looked at of public records on water usage in TV.
Asking a 'irigation expert' is like asking how often should I change my oil. It is a meaningless opinion.
What I would do is install a Rachio irrigation controller less than 200.00 on Amazon. You punch in lawn type, soil type, slope. It calculates evaporation rate, checks with the weather service if it will rain, if it has rained, total irrigation for that zone including rain, checks if it is saturated. It changes the time based upon season. As a computer it doesn't have an opinion, just the facts to work with.
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Edit: sorry, seemed to have quoted your wrong post but you get the idea. :)
I have a similar controller but their rain delays are wacky because when it says it rained 75% of the time it never did. They have no idea if it rained in Amelia vs Virginia Trace. Around here you can get 4” at LSL but 1/8” half mile away. Other then that they are great. I look at my weather station and use that and add my own rain delay. If I went with their rain delay I’d probably only water 1/5 the needed time OR 10x more than necessary.
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