Measuring Irrigation Performance and Scheduling for the Technician

This class was designed to develop a better understanding of how to evaluate irrigation system performance, work with soils to implement an efficient watering schedule and compare to prior water use.

1: Introduction including concepts of irrigation auditing.

“Smart” Irrigation controls and scheduling.

2: System performance.

Measuring water use.
Impact of design, pressure, flow.
System maintenance impact on performance.

3: Field auditing techniques.

Overview of formal irrigation auditing techniques.

4: Calculations of system performance.

Uniformity.
Precipitation rates.

5: Soil, plant, water relationships.

Plant water use calculations.
Factors influencing how water moves into and through the soil.

6: Basic scheduling techniques.

Managing water restrictions.
Scheduling with soil moisture.
Weather and soil moisture based controller inputs.

7: Estimating expected system water use.

Comparison to historical water use.

When: December 3rd 8am-5pm

Where: Windsor Ballroom & National Conference Center

399 Monmouth Street

East Windsor NJ 08520

To register for this class please e-mail: olga@cpineassociates.com or give us a call:

508-564-4465