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<br />. <br /> <br />Project Description <br /> <br />The City of Arvada Parks and Public Works/Utilities Divisions, supported through funding from <br />the Colorado Office of Water Conservation, developed an outdoor water audit training program <br />to assist large scale irrigators increase the efficiency of their watering operations. This work <br />was performed under a contract completed between the Colorado Water Conservation Board and <br />the City of Arvada on September 4, 1992. <br /> <br />The project was originally funded for $9,700, which included estimated expenditures of $4,500 <br />to purchase an IDM lap-top computer and produce a training video, In subsequent discussions <br />between the City of Arvada and the State it was mutually agreed that the City would provide its <br />own compllter equipment and that a video tape would only be produced if there was a demand <br />for it. <br /> <br />Work Products Developed <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The primary work products developed from this work effort were the "Landscape Water Audit <br />Training Manual For Large Turf Areas" and accompanying computer software. They were <br />intended to assist irrigators become more familiar with the technical operating characteristics of <br />their irrigation systems, to understand the basic concept of ET (evapotranspiration), and to <br />demonstrate how to maximize their watering efficiency by fine-tuning irrigation practices to <br />adjust to varying climatic and site conditions. Both the audit training manual and computer <br />software were developed by City of Arvada personnel. <br /> <br />Landscape Water Audit Training Manual. The manual provides instruction to irrigation <br />personnel on how to inventory and note the hardware system components of their irrigation <br />systems and the environmental characteristics of each site. This involves carefully documenting <br />the following components: <br /> <br />. type of irrigation controller <br />· number of stations per site <br />· working water pressure <br />· number of sprinkler heads per station <br />· flow rate per head <br />· application rates per head <br />· type of sprinkler heads <br />· physical characteristics of the site such as type of terrain, soil type, type of <br />vegetation, and prevailing direction/speed of wind. <br /> <br />This information is recorded on a worksheet and entered into the computer database for each <br />site. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-1- <br />