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To: Kirk © who wrote (1060)	4/17/2014 12:27:16 PM
From: robert b furman	Respond to of 26780

Ours is a full 1000 gallon on the bill. When the drought happened two summers ago, our community had a free service available. They came out an analysed my sprinkler systems. I made 3 changes. My rotating sprinkler heads were too controlled down. A sprinkler head should shoot water to the next sprinkler head. It should shoot droplets not mist. Mist evaporates into the air and is wasted. I also loosened up my misters and in some places put soakers vs misters - soakers are more efficient (less evaporation). Set your sprinkling system to go off early in the morning when it is coolest. If you do 30 minutes per zone - drop back to 2 10 minute applications. The first time zone wets the top soil the second time zone penetrates deeper in the ground.Deeper feeds the roots better and has less run off - thus less time sprinkling. I now use timers and soaker hoses for my gardens - it works much better.