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<br /> <br />~y:~;0~::;;~:!",,,,,'.,. '. <br />::.<:~t'@~iotak8 aseriousloOk ,at lawn watering- <br /> <br /> <br />. .~;~)~;ty;;:,:;.:\~~~:~;f;/;~:i,:'{::'<"" ' . " , , , ' <br /> <br />.. Wate~angti~s_ <br /> <br />Watch fiir.:vatM.ru~::'" <br />· , ff you are applying, water , <br />. faster than the soil cari'3b- , <br />' ',. Sorb it, watereacllzone for <br />. a shorter amOunt ofliine " <br />, ,and repeat For rotor heads; <br />.' .~~~ <br />. of water' per hour, the City: . <br />.', ' ofBoulderreccimmends, <br />.' three cycles of12, minutes <br />. each on agjiren watering: , , <br />...... ',daywithanhourinbetween <br />. ".'. each cycle. For fixed, head '., <br />. :;C'SPrink1ers,:whicl1 einit about <br />' ',-:.. ' .>.: VI- inches per houf,the rec~ <br />. ommendation is tIiiee 'cy, : <br />. . .. ": . cles ofseveii miDutes per.; , <br />',waterii1g day with an hour <br /> <br />.,~g':fs1?~~ioi::" <br /> <br />,. short periods of tiine to ~ <br />.""IOWforabsorption.' ,.- . ' <br />. ,- , Check to make SUre irri- <br />.., "gation' he3ds hit the glass, <br />. npt the stre~t,driv~~y,4r <br /> <br />. , ,,~dt~~'B~Qd~~~ili~; . <br />. '" .'....'..'day..'ba5ed,.lfis beido water <br />. . 'in cycles;Waitiilg- ail' hour <br />b~tween watering;' '-, ' <br />.',-'CheCk-"YOur lawn;:: . <br />.... -n:~~~~tli~fu~1f <br />you see foo~i':intS~ it's time <br />.' to water.. " ' ' <br />. . Or use a 'sensor tticiJecIr, <br />soil moisture;.,., "'.':""::':':<. " <br />..... .~~~~~:~~~~.~om~'~1'J;'f~~ReSoj~ O>~e~cion,~:t~-h~~~o~~[~J~~<~~~'~~tf;~:#~~by=::t;r:~~ ~wilir~n~~~:~::-'~, <br />.' ~f:,:~.:.~~audi~ pt~Vide ~orma~O~ ~b~utthe ~ci~CY:~'~~~~:::;~j%i~~0;~:';~;::'~:'.:,':'-::~",_.' .. , ," 'Do~~i~~'Z;~;~ <br />:~. .....,Jmii~~d~A,. ......~1,: <br /> <br /> <br />. ",;",. _I,"'.".. ,-, "'" ',", ,-8 . '. <br /> <br />· iP.i4;iif~~'iii(f';;;%'~:r!t~'+?'i;;!"!*,& ...~~~~l <br /> <br /> <br />at tiie 'Ceiiiir folRBSOilrca '. <br />. Conseiv!ltfon;(303) #1:3278, <br />ext 15, 'L:""; :":,!:,::: <br />-.Information-on BOIilder's..' <br />rebate pnigram'and detailed <br />information on Watering.;:,' <br />www.bouldemaveswater.nel <br />..~ - ., <br /> <br />HUME&"GARlJ." -. '.EN <br />. . " . . . , . '. <br /> <br />'.". i., <br /> <br />.....:..~\~ ~: <br /> <br />DAILY CAMERA -' <br /> <br />; '.-',~... r <br /> <br />':SECTIOND: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />..r., , _,.,:",.;" <br />.'.1..:;;,.. .. . . ,. ~-: ' . _ .~., ...'. ;..' <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- <br /> <br />,. , .' ..,. <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- <br /> <br />.'. ,.,:i.' <br /> <br />::.. <br /> <br />_dYS.':i. <br /> <br />W;"Sra,ffWritu <br /> <br />. , i'shot'.... .. <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. ' . : , ,', <br /> <br />.e Seoterf~r~~~~~:~~'0~~. <br /> <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 " <br /> <br />Please see tiME '01\ 31 <br />, . <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />