Faye Rutishauser Water Conservation Coordinator Division of Water Resources The average homeowner over waters their lawn between 70000300000 gallons every summer Northern Utah lawns need to be irrigated around 46 times and most are watering 70156 times ID: 648608
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Weekly Lawn Watering Guide
Faye Rutishauser Water Conservation CoordinatorDivision of Water ResourcesSlide2
The average homeowner
over waters their lawn between 70,000-300,000 gallons every summer.
Northern Utah lawns need to be irrigated around 46 times and most are watering 70-156 times.The ProblemSlide3
Stats
Most people don’t understand how much water plants need.Takes time, money and effortSlide4
What’s The Big Idea?
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Weekly Lawn Watering GuideSlide5
The Science
Evapotranspiration (ET)Slide6
How I
t Works
Solar RadiationTemperatureWindHumidityEffective RainSlide7
Irrigation Requirement
Trust Me Use The Guide
IR = ET – ER
Where:
IR
= Irrigation Requirement
ET
C
= Crop specific ET
ER
= Effective RainSlide8
Sprinkler Run Time
Rotating- 45 minutes
Fixed- 25 minutesSlide9
MicroclimatesSlide10Slide11
Faye Rutishauser
State of Utah Water Conservation CoordinatorUtah Division of Water Resources-----------
(801) 538-7268frutishauser@utah.gov ConserveWater.Utah.Gov @ConserveUtahWater
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