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Upgrades for your lawn sprinkler system are good news, too. If it’s been around for a while, it probably has outdated sprayer heads or an old controller that’s wasting water — and money.
Older irrigation systems don’t have all the impressive water-saving gizmos available to you today.
Upgrading your lawn sprinkler system with new, water-wise parts will cut your water waste — and your bill — without the need and expense of replacing your whole system.
What cool stuff is out there?
Let’s take a look:
Smart Irrigation Controller
The latest smart irrigation controllers offer significant water-saving benefits, but their convenience is a major advantage as well.
With a smart irrigation controller in San Diego, you can set up, monitor, and adjust your sprinkler system from anywhere at any time. You can even program customized zones tailored to your yard’s specific sun exposure, plant types, and soil conditions.
High-tech sensors in a smart sprinkler system act like water-saving wizards, detecting various wasteful situations:
- Flow sensors monitor water usage and detect waste. If a line breaks or a valve stays open, the sensors recognize the excessive water flow, shut down the system, and send an instant alert, preventing landscape damage.
- Rain sensors automatically turn off your irrigation system during rainfall, conserving water and saving you money.
- Freeze sensors prevent your system from watering when temperatures drop too low, protecting your landscape and system from potential damage.
Efficient Spray Nozzles – MP Rotators
Say goodbye to wasteful spray nozzles. You can upgrade your existing irrigation heads with high-efficiency MP rotator nozzles.
Older, less efficient sprinkler heads often spray water too quickly, leading to runoff and wasted water. The MP Rotator, however, emits multiple rotating streams at a slower rate, using less water and ensuring your landscape gets just the right amount to thrive.
Older lawn sprinkler heads often produce very fine droplets, almost like a mist. This mist is so light that even a slight breeze can blow the water off course, missing the intended areas.
Advanced rotary-style sprinkler heads, on the other hand, deliver larger droplets that fall quickly, ensuring the water reaches its target.
MP Rotators distribute water more slowly over an extended period, allowing it to soak into the ground more evenly. While a typical spray head uses 3.5 to 4.5 gallons of water per minute, an MP Rotator only uses 0.7 gallons per minute.
MP Rotators have been proven to reduce water usage by 30% compared to traditional spray nozzles.
Weather Sensors
Weather sensors connect to your lawn sprinkler controller, responding to local weather conditions.
Basic rain sensors stop your irrigation system from running during rainfall.
More advanced sensors collect daily San Diego weather data and work with your controller to determine the optimal watering schedule based on current conditions. This ensures your landscape gets the right amount of water, no matter how the weather changes.
Converting an existing controller into a smart controller is a simple upgrade.
Drip Irrigation
If you have plants and shrubs that need small amounts of water delivered directly to their root zones, micro irrigation, also known as drip irrigation, is the ideal solution.
This system slowly drips water from small holes in tubing, which can be installed either underground or on the soil surface.
Unlike traditional sprinklers that cover large areas, drip irrigation focuses water on specific spots in your landscape, allowing you to target individual plants rather than watering a broad area all at once.
Greenway installs Hunter’s micro irrigation system, featuring in-line check-valve emitters that prevent debris and plant roots from clogging or disrupting water flow.
If you already have irrigation heads in your plant beds and want to switch to drip irrigation, there’s no need to dig everything up and start over. Greenway can convert your existing sprinklers to a drip system.
Check Valves
Does your irrigation system have check valves installed? If not, you’re wasting water every time your sprinklers shut off.
Check valves are placed along your sprinkler system to ensure water flows in one direction.
They keep water in the pipes after the system runs, enabling a quick startup when it turns back on. Without check valves, any water left in the pipes when the system shuts off flows downhill to the lowest point, often spilling out through the last sprinkler head and creating a messy puddle on your sidewalk or driveway.
Check valves prevent this by keeping the water in the pipes, reducing waste.
Regular Irrigation Maintenance Saves Water
Regular lawn sprinkler maintenance visits will ensure that your upgrades continue to operate efficiently and save you both water and money.
Over time, issues can arise, such as leaks, broken sprinkler heads, controller malfunctions, or water spraying in unintended areas.
Regular lawn sprinkler system inspections bring irrigation specialists to thoroughly check your entire system, ensuring all components are functioning correctly and your Idaho landscaping receives the precise amount of water it needs, with no waste.
Routine irrigation maintenance also helps us identify potential issues before they escalate into costly problems.
Neglecting sprinkler system maintenance could lead to repair costs that far exceed the cost of regular maintenance.
The added benefit for you: peace of mind.