Re: Lawn Watering Required

**l*@juno.com**

Hi All,

We are just beginning to see lawn sprinkler systems in our town, which
gets plenty of rain, except in August and sometimes July. As the chair of
our Environmental Commission, I was horrified to find out that these
systems use between nine and eleven gallons of water PER MINUTE! Everyone
here is on wells. More frustrating still is to drive down the road and
see someone's poorly-aimed sprinkler watering the street, with the water
going irretrievably into the storm sewer, instead of into the ground.

Regards,
Lois de Vries
Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:29:35 -0400 "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com> writes:
> Bermudagrass doesn't need much water, unless you want it to be 
> uniformly
> green. It can go many weeks without rain or supplemental irrigation 
> and
> bounce back. The problem is that subdivision covenants often require 
> green,
> rather than brown lawns. The Utah case is the first I've heard of a 
> town
> requiring lawn irrigation.
> 
> Here in Georgia, there are permanent water restrictions. Odd-even 
> rules plus
> Midnight to 10 AM.  Some municipalities have gone to
> stricter rules. In my county, watering is allowed only 2 days per 
> week and
> then with the Midnight to 10 AM restriction. Fines have been 
> assessed up to
> $1,000 for watering outside of the restrictions.
> 
> Unfortunately, watering restrictions tend to encourage people to 
> water just
> because it's their day. In addition, the nighttime hours are such a 
> pain in
> the neck for people that they have expensive irrigation systems 
> installed.
> Once they have the system, they use it to justify their investment.
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Sort of points our how much of a hog grass is, doesn't it? I'm 
> surprised
> > Bermunda grass, which is warm-season, southern grass, needs so 
> much water.
> > We don't grow Bermuda or other southern grass in Indianapolis, 
> except for
> > the occasional person who plugs in zoysia. Argh!
> >
> > Here in Indianapolis, we've had water restrictions and a couple of 
> bans
> > this summer. The city has put bans on watering the lawns, 
> depending on the
> > severity of the dry weather, and the water company has asked us to 
> water
> > only on odd or even days, depending on our address, when watering 
> is
> > allowed.
> >
> > I tell my readers not to water their lawns. Of all the plants in 
> the
> > landscape, grass is about the cheapest to replace. Lawns can go 
> six weeks
> > without water and survive.
> >
> > jems
> >
> 
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