Irrigation and water management

In hot weather with little or no rainfall, a commercial landscape is completely dependent on its irrigation system — and increased evapotranspiration (ET) rates make the need to replace moisture more frequent. Irrigation and water management is where healthy landscapes and lower water bills are actually decided.

Coverage audits

We check that every zone provides optimum, overlapping coverage — head to head — and flag the zones that do not. Elevation changes like berms drain coverage downhill and scorch the top; soil that ties up nutrients stresses turf further. We balance coverage zone by zone before the hot spots kill the grass. See how we handle summer hot spots.

Controller programming & repeat cycles

We continually revise controller programs — timing, sequences and repeat cycles — to keep the system on the threshold of the minimum water the landscape requires, while keeping runoff and overspray to a minimum. Creative use of repeat cycles lets sloped or fast-draining areas absorb water instead of shedding it.

Seasonal ET tracking

In the cool season, shorter days and rainfall keep evapotranspiration rates low and the system only supplements root-zone moisture. We retune the programming as ET climbs through late spring and summer, so the landscape gets what it needs — and no more — through the hottest months.

Soil and salt management

Irrigation with domestic — and especially reclaimed — water accumulates salts in the root zone over a season. Deep soakings from winter rain leach those salts; where rainfall falls short, we plan flushing and gypsum applications that improve soil structure and oxygen exchange for the roots.