Tips To Save Water On Your Commercial Property

Your Green Space

Hire a qualified pro to install your irrigation system and keep it working properly and efficiently.

Hire a professional landscaper who has received landscape training specific to the Sonoran Desert.

Adjust your lawn mower to the height of 1.5 to 2 inches. Taller grass shades roots and holds soil moisture better than short grass.

Leave lawn clippings on your grass, this cools the ground and holds in moisture.

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Aerate your lawn periodically. Holes every six inches will allow water to reach the roots, rather than run off the surface.

If walking across the lawn leaves footprints (blades don’t spring back up), then it is time to water.

Let your lawn go dormant (brown) during the winter. Dormant grass only needs to be watered every three to four weeks, less if it rains.

Avoid overseeding your lawn with winter grass. Ryegrass needs water every few days, whereas Dormant Bermuda grass needs water monthly.

Remember to weed your lawn and garden regularly. Weeds compete with other plants for nutrients, light and water.

While fertilizers promote plant growth, they also increase water consumption. Apply the minimum amount of fertilizer needed.

Water your summer lawns once every three days and your winter lawn once every five days.

Catch water in an empty tuna can to measure sprinkler output. 3/4 to 1 inch of water is enough to apply each time you irrigate.

Your Pool

Use a pool cover to help keep your pool clean, reduce chemical use and prevent water loss through evaporation.

Make sure your swimming pools, fountains and ponds are equipped with recirculating pumps.

If you have an automatic refilling device, check your pool periodically for leaks.

When back-washing your pool, consider using the water on salt-tolerant plants in the landscape.

Minimize or eliminate the use of waterfalls and sprays in your pool. Aeration increases evaporation.

Don’t overfill the pool. Lower water levels will reduce water loss due to splashing.

Keep water in the pool when playing, it will save water.
Trickling or cascading fountains lose less water to evaporation than those that spray water into the air.

Use a grease pencil to conduct a bucket test to check for pool leaks. An unnatural water level drop may indicate a leak.

It doesn’t matter to us whether you want commercial desert landscaping, lush lawns or some type of landscaping in between, we can help.  We serve businesses like yours all over the Phoenix Metro Area. To find out how give us a call at 623-848-8277.

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