Fix Your Irrigation System - LESSON 3

9 Tips to Revive Your Irrigation System...and Your Garden!

• The system pressure is high and the nozzles atomize the water with the consequence that the atomized water is easily moved by the wind outside the radius of action of the sprinkler creating water waste and uneven precipitation.
• Irrigation lines are very long, meaning that the sprinklers at the beginning of the line have a lot of pressure and atomize the water, while the sprinklers at the end of the line have little pressure.
• Some areas of the garden are on a slope and after each irrigation cycle due to this slope the downstream nozzles, although closed, continue to lose water due to the emptying of the pipes.
  Depending on their diameter, the pipes can contain tens or hundreds of litres of water which empty from the sprinklers downstream, creating swamps.
  This leads to a significant waste of water because at each new irrigation cycle the system must refill with water and problems with the lawn due to the bogged down water which is a source of fungal diseases.
• Due to lack of maintenance over time, the sprinkler turrets do not close perfectly and tend to remain raised.
  During lawn mowing the nozzles get cut or damaged and consequently when the system irrigates the water comes out of the broken sprinklers creating flooding.
  Due to the leak, the other sprinklers in the same line do not rise and do not irrigate.

• The PRX series Pop-Ups are equipped with a pressure regulator that maintains a constant output pressure of 2 bar, optimal for the operation of the nozzles.
  This prevents the occurrence of water misting.
  Furthermore, in long lines they maintain constant pressure from the first to the last sprinkler, avoiding problems of nebulization at the beginning of the line and lack of pressure at the end of the line.
• They are equipped with a check valve capable of withstanding a height difference of 3 metres which prevents sprinklers positioned in the lowest points from emptying the system at the end of the irrigation cycle.
• They prevent geysers and abnormal spills due to nozzles that have been cut off, damaged or removed by vandals.
  The device called XFlow with which these Pop-Ups are equipped closes the sprinkler outlet, limiting the loss of the sprinkler to a slight dripping in the event of a broken or missing nozzle.
  Flooding is avoided when a nozzle breaks and sprinklers on the same line continue to function normally.
• They minimize maintenance thanks to the turret's self-washing system.
  They reduce the possibility of the sprinkler turret not retracting perfectly and remaining raised due to dirt.

A perfect lawn depends fundamentally on a perfect irrigation system.
Therefore, perfecting your irrigation system allows you to obtain the lawn you have always wanted.

Furthermore, water is a limited natural resource.
Learning to use this resource intelligently is becoming increasingly important.

FIXING YOUR SYSTEM saves you 80% of water.