Watering restrictions/bans

[txirrigation]

Originally Posted by 1idejim

No wonder you're so grumpy! My family in TX says the lakes are low and the farmers are being cut back, some are not even working the dirt.
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I have gotten 6.3" in the last 3 days. Your family is right though, corn did OK this year.

They cut back the rice farmers, which is going to destroy a town downstream of Lake Travis.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Originally Posted by txirrigation

I have gotten 6.3" in the last 3 days. Your family is right though, corn did OK this year.

They cut back the rice farmers, which is going to destroy a town downstream of Lake Travis.

Getting water to the bay is priority one.
Cities and towns #2
Rice and ag #3

[Autoflow]

We had sprinklers completely banned here from late 2003 until mid 2009, with drip allowed two days per week. A lot of irrigation businesses went out of business. I concentrated on garden maintenance until the sprinkler ban was lifted. It sucked balls. I hope you guys never get that bad over there.

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by cgaengineer

It gets bad here...in 2007 it was total bans, no water permits for even new landscaping...this just happened to be the summer I installed 7000 sq ft of sod...I was trucking in water 1000 gallons per night to keep my new sod alive. I did this until September when we finally got some rain and cooler temps. Just about every year now it's odd/even and before 10am.
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There are some water rights issues being fought in GA for sure.

I suspect conservation is going to be a way of life from now on in GA too

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by Autoflow

We had sprinklers completely banned here from late 2003 until mid 2009, with drip allowed two days per week. A lot of irrigation businesses went out of business. I concentrated on garden maintenance until the sprinkler ban was lifted. It sucked balls. I hope you guys never get that bad over there.

Lot of discussion about subsurface drip for turf and new drip technologies being tested for crops too.

[cgaengineer]

Originally Posted by Duekster

Lot of discussion about subsurface drip for turf and new drip technologies being tested for crops too.

I think sub surface drip is a great idea, works great for non conventional septic systems. No need to worry about watering at night either.
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[Kiril]

Originally Posted by 1idejim

Don't take this wrong, will you winterize those systems early and then just focus on the opperational systems at the regular time?
I got screwed over on my water today after taking the day off to get things started off right. Now i won't get h2o until mid to late evening. Friday the 13th dude

Got some beavers that need to be put down?

[Duekster]

Originally Posted by cgaengineer

I think sub surface drip is a great idea, works great for non conventional septic systems. No need to worry about watering at night either.
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I replaced about 10,000 feet of drip last winter. We were expanding the drip rings around the trees. I noticed several time feeder roots growing into the drip lines via the emitters.

I am not 100% convinced we are ready to do turf like this. However, the use of sprays has been banned in Texas if the turf is less than 4 foot (wide) and has concrete walks and drives on both sides. Time will tell.

[cgaengineer]

The ones for septic systems are impregnated with a root herbicide and also root guards.
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[Duekster]

Originally Posted by cgaengineer

The ones for septic systems are impregnated with a root herbicide and also root guards.
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The septic systems are not covered by the standard irrigation licenses in Texas and as a result I have not played with them.

Also, those herbicide inpregnated pipes would mandate an up grade to the backflow in Texas if connected to potable water.