In 2022 the team started to excavate a 20 meter deep water channel (qanat) shaft, only one of more than 200 shafts that are part of this specific system. Mark Driessen descended into the shaft ...

Irrigation systems are a bit of a mystery to most golfers – some components such as sprinklers, valve boxes and field satellite controllers are aboveground and easy to see, but most of the ...

The aging and antiquated system had poor uniformity and was unable to irrigate the rough areas. Poor coverage, uniformity issues and the lack of individual head control made irrigation very ...

When the lawn is looking bad, it may be tempting to look for something to kill – fungus, grubs, burrowing animals – but the most likely source of the problem is your irrigation system.

A drip irrigation system is a series of tubes that snake around your garden, delivering water straight to the roots of your plants. They are generally considered efficient and are often automated.

Each irrigation system is designed to operate at a specific pressure. The water flow through each sprinkler depends heavily on this pressure, and larger nozzles are more sensitive to pressure changes.

Now, for the step-by-step process of automating your irrigation system: Build and place the Water Pump, Water Filter, Water Tank, and Automatic Irrigation Facility ...

This is the reason for calibrating your irrigation system. Apply ½ to ¾ inch of water to the lawn only when the grass indicates that water is needed.

If you activate your system yourself, make sure you check all zones to make sure the heads are working properly and rotors and sprayers are doing what they should be doing. Look closely for water ...

I aerate it and fertilize it, and I know the drainage is good because the landscaper installed the system to our HOA requirements. I water twice daily, six days a week around 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.