Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. According to a new USGS report, 322 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015

Conducting irrigation audits for your customers will help them save water and money and won't hurt your bottom line either

Irrigation system problems are often visible before conducting a formal irrigation audit. We’ve compiled some of the prevelant issues that can be easily identified during a walk-through and how to

Smart Irrigation Month is the month of July. The initiative was developed by the IA to promote the social, economic and environmental benefits of efficient irrigation technologies, products and

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Imagine driving down the street in a suburban development in the wee hours of the morning and it starts pouring. Your windshield wipers are going full blast so you can see clearly the road ahead. As you

The landscape irrigation industry is responding to water scarcity with creative ideas for conserving and preserving supplies

Established in 1980, the mission of the Irrigation Foundation is to attract professionals to our industry by promoting careers in irrigation. Whether you work in irrigation design manufacturing, distribution,

The diagram depicts how an outdoor faucet is connected to “antisyphon (sic) device,” which is connected to a “mainline water hose or half-inch diameter black plastic pipe,” which

Laura Allen remembers getting her first water bill. She was in her early 20s, sharing a California house with some friends, and they’d just planted a garden at their new home. When the bill came,

It’s a bit ironic, really; a lot of very successful landscape contractors began their careers pushing lawn mowers. But after they established their businesses, a lot of them stopped, dropping the

The average person doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about valves, or the solenoids that make them work. If you’re an irrigation professional, you might spend a little more time thinking

If you were alive in the ’60s or ’70s, you may remember the old TV remote control, the little ‘clicker’ box with four buttons. One button turned the set on or off; another made

If you’re an experienced contractor, you could probably install an irrigation system while tapdancing with a blindfold on. But when it comes to figuring out all the tedious calculations involved

The process of figuring out the cause of a problem can be more like something out of that old doctor show, ‘House.’ In any episode, there were usually three or four incorrect diagnoses until

The entire plumbing code is engineered to make sure that water sent to an irrigation system never gets back into the potable water system, but the code can be defeated. One of the most common problems—and

A landscape contractor working on the groundbreaking phase of a new retirement community in Van Nuys, California, had certain specific concerns about irrigation. “Runoff was a very big issue, because

It was the bottom of the 17th inning on May 21, 2016, and it was getting late. At Petco Park in San Diego, California, the Padres’ Wil Myers was at the plate; he hit a foul ball and was squaring

It’s also a good time to talk about the importance of saving water. It’s the hottest month of the year, and when the most water flows out onto landscapes. That’s why the Irrigation Association

The year is 1971, and Bob Dobson has just completed the installation of a $37,000 irrigation system at a condominium. The client wants to see the system run prior to handing over the check. But there’s