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Average water usage for lawn sprinklers is among the most legitimate questions a homeowner with an irrigation system can ask. In these days where water conservation is becoming a legitimate issue, a new term is making its way into the venacular of lawn owners. The word is “Water Audit”.

Water auditing is an analysis of the amount of water used during an irrigation regime. One can assess it easily enough, by analyzing the number and styles of sprinkler heads in a system and cross-checking with catalogues which universally list the amounts of water emitted through a particular nozzle at the top of any head. By assessing the number and water quantities cast out, one multiplies by the time itself, i. e. minutes and times used per day to come up with a real audit, revealing the amount of water your lawn uses per application or per day or week. It is actually not that hard to assess and it can be highly instructive when the time comes to tweak systems to lessen or increase water amounts based on seasonal factors. As well, assessing a water bill is made much, much easier in terms of what percentage of usage is reflected in irrigating a lawn or garden.

You can use a Google search by entering “average water usage lawn sprinkler” and find abundant resources for researching your own system. It provides manufacturer specs, studies on impending restrictions and many more factoids relevant to water usage regimens. Proper use of water is an important component consideration in not only maintaining a healthy lawn, but also is a fiscally and socially responsible approach to a much-used resource.

Modern technology is providing increasing methods in dealing with these water resource issues. Drip irrigation is a quantum leap in the conservation of this precious resource and there are many other ways in merely redesigning or in reconfiguring continually-improving nozzle technology. For the budget-conscious, water conservation and the correct maximum utilization of these newer technologies can provide substantial long-term savings for hard-earned dollars.

Automated lawn mower technology represents a virtual and actually funny Holy Grail for the American Male and his typical slaves: his children. There are actually some now on the market, although the discontinuation of a few lines undoubtedly represents some systemic failure in those units indicating the technology required has either been bad enough to acquire law suits or they have simply not yet found a reliable enough performer when faced with real lawns with real lawn problems.

It’s funny, too, in a way.  You can go to almost any convention dealing with large earth-moving equipment and see fabulous demonstrations of riderless, remote-controlled bulldozers performing perfectly.  Naturally, these demonstrations take place in quality-controlled environments, with ideal soil and working conditions, for example, no rain and soil that has no gigantic impediments..Laser technology has made excavating and grading tons easier, there is no doubting this, in the very practical world where they are abundantly in use now in road grading and site formation. This much is a done deal and represents hope for those lusting for the next wave of excellent remote controlled lawn mowers. And we are legion!

Just the same, when the breaks occur and you start seeing some actually being used, you may then assume the technology has grown up.  As yet, we are close, there’s no doubt about it. As yet, power issues, inclement weather, the current need to bury vast amounts of wire underneath and the constancy of varying lengths of the grass itself add up to a pretty steep learning curve.  It will happen, I have no doubt.  We’ll just need to wait a bit longer for a reliable variant to be m,ass produced at a price we could afford.

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Lawns are a central element of landscaping and are both decorative and useful. I am especially interested in the design aspects, and will discuss various items of lawn decor, as well as lawn planning, installation and maintenance. Please do comment on the various posts and send in your questions about lawns, which I’ll be happy to try and address here. Thank you for visiting, I hope you take the time to bookmark my page and come back often!