Lawn sprinkler system repairs and lawn sprinkler system installations can be performed by EcoLawn Sprinkler System of Springfield Virginia in Fairfax County, Prince William County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Arlington County, Fauquier County and Loudoun County. Call EcoLawn Sprinkler System of Springfield Virginia today at 703-491-6084 to discuss a lawn sprinkler system for your residence or if you require a lawn sprinkler system repair!

The entire April 2010 issue of National Geographic  is dedicated to the topic of “Water”. EcoLawn blog subscribers will really enjoy reading these fascinating articles concerning our planet’s life blood. Different perspectives are laid out which give rise to serious thoughts on managing this precious resource. 

 On a parallel note, the April 2010 Scientific American Magazine includes a special report entitled “Managing Earth’s Future, Solutions for a Finite World”, which also includes discussions on the need for boundaries for freshwater use.

70% of all freshwater use by humans is consumed in agricutural irrigation. Urban landscape irrigation is an extention of this freshwater use. Both periodicals emphasize the importance of new technology in the use of irrigation. Micro sprinklers, soil moisture sensors, and other water conservation devices are all mentioned. These topics hit home because EcoLawn can provide clients with water saving tools incorporated into their home sprinkler systems.

Few rational observers deny the need for boundaries to freshwater use. More controversial is defining where these limits are or what steps to take to constrain ourselves within them.

Another way to describe these boundaries is the concept of peak water. Three different ideas are useful. “Peak Renewable” water  limits are the total renewable flows in a watershed. Many of the world’s  major rivers are already approaching this threshold-when evaporation and consumption surpass natural replenishment from precipitation and other sources. “Peak Nonrenewable” limits apply where human use of water far exceeds natural recharge rates, such as in fossil groundwater basins of the Great Plains, Libya, Northern China, India, and parts of California’s Central Valley. In these basins, an increase in extraction is followed by a leveling off and then a reduction, as the costs and amount of effort needed to acquire the dwindling resource rise- a concept similar to that of peak oil.

“Peak Ecological” water is the idea that for any hydrological system, increasing withdrawals eventually reach the point where any additional economic benefit of taking the water is outweighed by the additional ecological destruction that causes. Although it is difficult to quantify this point accurately, we have clearly passed the point of peak ecological water in many basins around the world where huge damage has occurred including the Aral Sea, the Everglades, the Sacramento-San Joquin Valley and many watersheds in China.

The good news is that the potential for savings, without hurting human health or economic productivity, is vast. Improvements in water-use efficiency are possible in every sector. More food can be grown with less water(and less water contamination) by shifting from conventional flood irrigation to drip irrigation and micro sprinklers, along with more accurately monitoring and managing soil moisture.

Lawn sprinkler system installations and lawn sprinkler system repairs can now be performed in Northern Virginia and the Washington DC region by EcoLawn Sprinkler System of Springfield Virginia. Lawn irrigation installations and lawn irrigation repairs can be performed in Vienna Virginia, which is in Fairfax County Virginia. Lawn sprinkler repairs and lawn sprinkler installations can be performed by EcoLawn Sprinkler System of Springfield Virginia also in Herndon Virginia, Catharpin Virginia, Dale City Virginia, Dumfries Virginia, Gainesville Virginia, Haymarket Virginia, Lake Ridge Virginia, Nokesville Virginia, Occoquan Virginia, Triangle Virginia, Woodbridge Virginia, Annandale Virginia, Burke Virginia, Centreville Virginia, Chantilly Virginia, Dunn Loring Virginia, Fort Hunt Virginia, Franconia Virginia, Great Falls Virginia, Lorton Virginia, Fairfax Station Virginia, Aldie Virginia, Springfield Virginia, Reston Virginia, Dulles Virginia, Middleburg Virginia, Garrisonville Virginia, Falmouth Virginia, South Riding Virginia, and Vienna Virginia.

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     Urban water use is an increasingly significant portion of total water use, particularly in the arid West and rapidly increasing in the South and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.  The major component of urban water use is for the irrigation of the urban landscape. Across the North America, 60% of residential water use is for outdoor use, primarily for landscape irrigation. Virginia’s Department of Natural Resources has noted “The greatest potential reduction in water use would come from reducing outdoor water use for landscaping.” Improvements in the efficiency of landscape irrigation could offer considerable potential for water conservation in the urban sector.

     A new type of lawn and landscape irrigation sprinkler, a multi-stream, multi-trajectory rotating(MSMTR) sprinkler, appears to offer improved distribution uniformity compared to fixed spray heads and rotors in sprinkler systems for lawn and landscape irrigation. Improved uniformity could mean higher irrigation efficiency, and potential water conservation.

     Kissinger and Solomon(2008) supported that anecdotal evidence with an analysis of 13 zones on a standard lawn and landscape irrigation system. They found that replacing fixed spray heads and rotors with MSMTR sprinklers(making no other changes) improved distribution uniformity(DU) by an average of 27 points, resulting in water savings of from 22% to 41% depending on pre-conversion irrigation management practice.

     Fixed spray heads and rotors, frequently used in lawn and landscape sprinkler systems, produce a static or rotating spray, distributing water over their entire arc of coverage. These may be installed on risers or in “pop-up” heads, which rise when the water turns on.

     Multi-stream, multi-trajectory rotating(MSMTR) sprinklers distribute water in a number of individual streams, of varying trajectories, which turn slowly. These sprinklers are the size of spray nozzles and thread onto pop-up heads just as spray nozzles do. They can also be threaded onto shrub adapters for installation onto risers.

     To investigate the water conservation potential of MSMTR sprinklers due to improved uniformity, audits were conducted on a variety of existing lawn and landscape irrigation systems employing fixed spray heads and rotors. The audits were conducted according to the protocol recommended by the Irrigation Association. The lawn and landscape sprinkler systems were first inspected and any obvious deficiencies(such as missing nozzles, broken pipes, leaking fittings) were corrected. A catch-can test was performed to determine the uniformity achieved by the fixed spray heads and rotors. Then the irrigaton systems were converted to the MSMTR sprinklers and a second catch-can test was conducted. A total of 51 audits were conducted.

     For 37 of the zones audited, the head location, spacing and other operating conditions were the same during each pair of catch can tests, except for the sprinklers used. In 14 zones, based on the improved coverage of the MSMTR sprinklers, some of the pre-existing spray head locations were eliminated; fewer MSMTR were used to cover the same area previously irrigated by a greater number of spray heads. In 7 of the 14 zones, the reduced number of head positions required some adjustment in the location of the remaining positions. In no case was the spatial density of head locations increased for MSMTR sprinklers.

     Results for the 51 zones audited were collected and analyized. In general, the uniformity of the existing lawn sprinkler systems using traditional fixed spray heads and rotors was not good. Overall, the MSMTR sprinklers achieved higher uniformity than the fixed spray heads and rotors. An irrigation manager’s response to dry spots and turf areas of poor visual quality should be to make changes that result in higher uniformity, rather than to increase lawn and landscape sprinkler system run times. Higher uniformity will enhance water conservation and reduce deficits as well. An irrigation manager may respond to dry spots and turf areas of poor visual quality by increasing lawn and landscape sprinkler system run times. However, setting run times at a higher rate on lawn and landscape sprinkler systems requires that considerably more water be applied, thus water conservation decreases.

     The recommended approach when encountering poor uniformity is to make the changes necessary to eliminate the uniformity problems, not to increase run times of the sprinkler system in an attempt to reduce or eliminate dry spots. Reducing deficits by increasing run times requires considerable extra water, but reducing deficits by improving uniformity actually achieves significant water conservation. If you have a uniformity problem, fix it-don’t drown it. EcoLawn Sprinkler System has installed many of the new MSMTR irrigation systems. Please call EcoLawn Sprinkler System today so that you may understand the water savings these new lawn sprinkler systems achieve.

Automatic underground lawn sprinkler systems can be installed by EcoLawn Sprinkler System of Springfield Virginia in the cities of Vienna Va., Herndon Va., Catharpin Va., Dale City Va., Dumfries Va., Gainesville Va., Haymarket Va., Lake Ridge Va., Nokesville Va., Occoquan Va., Triangle Va., Woodbridge Va., Annandale Va., Bailey’s Crossroads Va., Bellhaven Va., Burke Va., Centreville Va., Chantilly Va., Dunn Loring Va., Fort Belvoir Va., Fort Hunt Va., Franconia Va., Great Falls Va., Huntington Va., Hybla Valley Va., Lake Barcroft Va., Herndon Va., Linconia Va., Lorton Va., Mantua Va., Mclean Va., Merrifield Va., Mount Vernon Va., Newington Va., oakton Va., Reston Va., Rosehill Va., Seven Corners Va., Springfield Va., Tysons Corner Va., Fairlakes Va., Fairfax Station Va., Vienna Va., Aldie Va., Arcola Va., Ashburn Va., Dulles Va., Leesburg Va., Lovettsville Va., Middleburg Va., Paeonian Springs Va., Potomac Falls Va., Purcellville Va., Round Hill Va., South Riding Va., Sterling Va., Waterford Va., Garrisonville Va., Falmouth Va., Hartwood Va., Stafford Va., and Vienna Va. Irrigation repairs and irrigation system installations can also be performed in the following additional counties of Northern Virginia; Spotsylvania County Va., Fauquier County Va.,  and Arlington County Va.  

That is a great and often asked question Mr. Abdulman; and I would like to take a few moments to discuss this with you, as this information would behoove other new EcoLawn blog readers alike in their quest to water their lawns automatically. While each prospective irrigation client has his or her own theory on when the optimal time for installation is, the fact of the matter is that some seasons are better than others for particular reasons. During the spring season, the soil is much more pliable and damage to the lawn is minimal. In the event there is some damage done to the lawn, seed work can be done successfully during this season. A spring installation also has the advantage of the homeowner being able to “test drive” the system prior to the hot summer weather when usage will be at a peak and problems can lead to a dying lawn and landscape. EcoLawn Sprinkler System includes a one year service agreement with each installation. This means that if your system is installed in April, May, or June, EcoLawn sprinkler System will come out the following spring and turn it back on for you. Summer lawn sprinkler installations are performed at full price and there are no seasonal discounts for installation. Lead time is longer and there possibly could be more lawn damage due to the dry and crumbly soil conditions. Frank Korff suggests you have your lawn sprinkler system installed in spring, as this is when you will receive optimal return on EcoLawn Sprinkler System services and also lawn and landscape damage is kept at a minimum.