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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In summary, for the largest piece of positive information, the water volume requirement <br />from one zone comparison has shown the overall zone savings of 17.2 g.p.m. and that relates to <br />8,070.60 gallons of water savings per month on that zone in itself. When I look at that portion of <br />the data, I am very impressed at how this will affect all the other zones and the savings potential <br />in the future. <br /> <br />Anticipation of Future Effects <br /> <br />It is very easy to reflect on the positive in any project and only point out these qualities. <br />In many respects this small project has solved some difficult problems for the near term, but I <br />need to point out some of the anticipated roadblocks to an otherwise successful installation. <br />With the increased design benefits inherent with the new heads, one noticeable change comes in <br />the form of the heads' trajectory. The trajectory of this head is about 23.5 degrees and is clearly <br />affect by the wind changes. Wind effect will probably need to be looked at to determine if <br />cycles should be changed to have a consistent turf color, health, and density in the zones closest <br />to the lake surface. <br />Elevation changes within the individual zone areas may limit application at the higher <br />levels and flood or over water lower areas. Syringe cycling of water later may be needed to <br />better control application. Study of over water at this site has just begun but core samples have <br />shown saturation levels below the root zone due to long water cycling and nearly daily <br />applications. A shallow root zone, on average 3-6 inches, can be extended through looking <br />harder at the type of soil at these sites to apply water based on the intake that the soil can handle <br />and utilizing the flow management features on the new controller. <br /> <br />Where to Go <br /> <br />Effective application of water is what I have concluded these improvements are now <br />providing with an increase in confidence that the system will now perform at least 20 to 25 <br />percent better and save thousands of gallons of water in each application. The results will be <br />evident, the grass will be green and without saturation levels exceeding the Cherry Creek Lake <br />capacity in the process. <br />