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<br />. lion in BoiiIder haS a Solution for yoiL spedilIisi: for the city of Bouid~, says
<br />:The noriprOfil"grC;lUP conducts free au- " that even when systems are serviced
<br />. .' . . 'dits of autOmatic' sprinkler ~stems for regularly they may not-be worlting as
<br />residents ofBOIilder, Longmont, La- well as they could;, ", .' ,
<br />faYette, Golden, Erie, WestIDinster . ~ost irrigation systems are pretty
<br />andThornton."-:' '.' . ", inefficient," he says. "1fyoursystemis
<br />"A lot of people have'systems Tun- ' . 50 percent inetficient, you're buying
<br />Ding early in the morning orIate at two gaDons from us to get one gallon
<br />. night," says Kara Csibrik, the center's, of benefit for your landscape."' .
<br />. water conservation program manager. He recommends an audit even for
<br />"That good for (preventiilg) water new systems.
<br />' evaporation, hut they don'l"get a The process works mre this: The au-
<br />. chance to look at it and see what prob-' ditor taIks to the homeowner about
<br />lems there might be." '.'. '. problems, measures soil moisture and
<br />PaulI..ander, water conservation "how deep the grass roots reach. anal-
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<br />yiesthe soil type - g~erany cfuy-
<br />and looks at any indentations or . '
<br />sloPes in the land; Cups are plaCed
<br />under each sprinkler head to mea-
<br />sure water distribution and to look at
<br />-water pressure. The auditor suggests
<br />. repairs, if necess:uy; and also comes
<br />up with a watering schedule that is
<br />optimum for the individual system
<br />and lawn..
<br />Csibrik says there's enough vari-
<br />ance in systems that a blanket recom-
<br />mendation'such as 15 minutes twice a'
<br />week may not work.
<br />. "On one person's system, 15 min-
<br />utes could he overwatering. On an-
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<br />A look out the Window
<br />. through' the hazy air reveals a,
<br />lawn every bit as diSpirited as
<br />you feeL Eveafor those with ,
<br />sPrinkler systems, there niay'
<br />be brown spots. At times you
<br />may wonder. if that precious
<br />.', ,water is doing much good-'
<br />. it seems. to roll right off the
<br />.hard ground. ' . : , ,',
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<br />other person's'system,(theliri!Ss),,"
<br />, ' could not be gettinll'~ough.~i"" ,co, .
<br />. WoodY Soilava of Boulder,hadhis ':,
<br />12-year-{)ld sprinkler system' audited:
<br />this week. He heard about the prO. "
<br />gram from his wife,who-"vo.rks for'th,
<br />city of Boulder. ,:'.. ':," :"''.ii'':''':"::'' " '-'
<br />~e pressure was a littleJovhis 1
<br />suspected,"!:ie 'says. Among' other', ,
<br />things, the auditor reconuneridedfew
<br />er sprinkler heads per zone to hring,'
<br />up the water pressure. :,' :,o ;.,
<br />"I'm glad the city made this'service
<br />available," Salava says. "I'd pay for "
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