{"id":2185,"date":"2015-07-31T19:54:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T00:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2019-01-17T08:46:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:46:57","slug":"an-inch-is-great-watering-can-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/?p=2185","title":{"rendered":"An Inch is Great, Watering Can Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our summer rains have been routinely generous. You lawn requires about an inch of water per week during the growing season, less during fall and winter. Our summer rainfall patterns have been providing the water your landscape and lawn needs to make a good summer show of healthy green growth.<\/p>\n

\nYour rain sensor should be keeping your irrigation system off when your yard receives significant rainfall. If you haven\u2019t seen a reduction in your irrigation use, please check your rain sensor and controller settings to take advantage of easy water savings now.<\/p>\n

Here are five resources from the City of Tampa Water Department to help you to \u201csave water save cash<\/a>\u201d during this season of plentiful rain:<\/p>\n

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  1. Don\u2019t know how to test your rain sensor? Use the\u00a0Rain Sensor Checkup<\/a>\u00a0link to learn to check your rain sensor in 4 easy steps.<\/li>\n
  2. Still running your irrigation system without a functional rain sensor? Eligible customers can receive a free rain sensor. Use the\u00a0FREE Rain Sensors<\/a>\u00a0link to order it online.<\/li>\n
  3. Wondering how much money your irrigation use adds to your water bill? Use our simple online\u00a0Irrigation Calculator<\/a>\u00a0to estimate irrigation costs. Just plug in the number of minutes you plan to run each zone.<\/li>\n
  4. Experiencing high irrigation use? Can\u2019t figure out why? Request a free irrigation evaluation by emailing:\u00a0SaveWater@tampagov.net<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Give your name, number and best time to reach you.<\/li>\n
  5. Installing new sod or landscape? Read\u00a0\u201c8 Things to know about Irrigating New Lawns and Landscape\u201d<\/a>\u00a0before you order your sod. Consider using the\u00a030-day establishment plan<\/a>\u00a0developed by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF\/IFAS.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Looking ahead, weather experts are predicting a wetter than normal winter with higher than average rainfall through the start of 2016. Don\u2019t miss out on the easy water savings. Get ready to dial back the run times on your irrigation controller using these seasonal settings from UF\/IFAS:<\/p>\n

    Table 1.Seasonal irrigation run times\u00a0for spray and\u00a0rotor\u00a0zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Head Type<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Setting<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Fall<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Spring<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    \n

    Spray<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Ideal<\/p>\n

    Range<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		25 min20-30 min<\/td>\n15 min10-20 min<\/td>\n0 min0-10 min<\/td>\n20 min15-20 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \n

    Rotor<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		\n

    Ideal<\/p>\n

    Range<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		45 min40-60 min<\/td>\n30 min20-40 min<\/td>\n<10 min0-20 min<\/td>\n40 min35-55 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    Table 1. is excerpted from document\u00a0ABE 355<\/a>, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, UF\/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2005. Reviewed April 2014. Visit the EDIS website at\u00a0EDIS – Electronic Data Information Source – UF\/IFAS Extension<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Our summer rains have been routinely generous. You lawn requires about an inch of water per week during the growing season, less during fall and winter. Our summer rainfall patterns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covingtonestateshoa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}