Los Angeles Department of Water & Power fact sheet:
From the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, this fact sheet on how to take care of your lawn in drought conditions:
In Los Angeles, about 40 percent of all water is used on landscaping – much of it for maintaining lawns. Many people water their lawns seven days a week, which is unnecessary and wastes water. Most lawn experts say that lawns will survive on one inch of water per week in temperatures that average 85 degrees, with another half-inch needed for higher average temperatures.
Managing the water you give your lawn during times of drought is critical. For example, a 500-square-foot lawn can use more than 18,000 gallons of lawn annually. By restricting sprinkler watering to the hours before 9 a.m. and after 4 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays only, in keeping with the Water Conservation Law now in effect, there is great potential for water savings. Additionally, prohibition against daytime watering is a good idea as it helps to guard against evaporation during the prime sun hours.
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Simple adjustments to your lawn care will help ensure its health under a two-day-a-week watering schedule. The first step in reducing the amount of water used for the lawn is to assess all aspects of your lawn’s growing conditions and your overall lawn care program. Consider taking the following steps:
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• Step on your grass. If it springs back when you lift your foot, it doesn’t need water. Lawns perform much better under dry conditions than under wet or saturated conditions.
• Mow lawns 2 1/2 -3 1/2 inches high. Taller grass blades will promote deeper roots and the taller grass will shade the soil, resulting in less water evaporating from the soil.
• Mow weekly so that you don’t remove more than the top one-third of the grass blades.
• Don’t fertilize. Actively growing plants use more water, and fertilizers can damage already stressed root systems.
• Trim grass adjacent to sprinkler heads to ensure sprinkler spray is not blocked or impeded.
• Check sprinkler heads to make sure they operate properly. Repair broken, bent or sunken heads and clogged nozzles. Adjust spray patterns to prevent sprinklers from watering pavement.
Body Parts move • Keep foot and equipment traffic on lawns to a minimum – drought-stressed turf is more easily damaged by traffic.
• Leave clippings on your lawn as you mow- they will feed small amounts of nitrogen to the soil, providing nutrients to help maintain its health.
• Hand water small dry spots rather than lengthening the sprinkler times, but only in the hours before 9 a.m. and after 4 p.m.
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Los Angeles is a semi-arid climate with about 15 inches rainfall annually. Consider replacing your lawn with native shrubs and ground cover that can be sustained during long dry periods. Another alternative is to install artificial turf. LADWP now offers rebates of $1 per square foot to customers who replace turf with climate appropriate landscaping. Rebates are currently available to LADWP customers through www.ladwp.com Halloween 5 film
or www.bewaterwise.com or by calling 1-888-376-3314.
Mark Prado
Posted: 07/08/2009 04:06:06 PM PDT
The county held its first water conservation summit Wednesday as Marin faces critical decisions about its water future.
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World move More than 150 people turned out at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael for the Marin Municipal Water District-sponsored event to hear the district’s plans for conservation and from a panel of water experts.
The summit came against the backdrop of what the district says is a water shortfall masked by recent wet years. While beating the conservation drum, other sources, in particular the desalination of bay water, might be needed to make sure the county doesn’t go dry in a drought, district officials say. Others believe conservation will provide the county with enough water to meet needs.
The district has already moved to push low-flow toilets and shower heads, has replaced grass fields with synthetic surfaces and offers rebates for water-wise washing machines among other programs. That effort has helped reduce water consumption 25 percent since 1987.
It hopes to reduce water use another 10 to 15 percent in the next 15 years through new technology, including high-tech meters that give users a better sense of how much water they use and low-tech solutions such as rain catchment systems.
The district spends $2 million a year on conservation programs.
“The key is to maintain the savings over time,” said Chris Brown, executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council, who spoke at the summit. “You can find significant water savings outdoors.”
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About 40 percent of the water district’s water is used for irrigation. The water district is encouraging people to eliminate lawns and replace them with water friendly landscapes through their “cover you grass” program.
Brown lauded these types of programs.
“There should be a new vision for water use and landscapes in Marin,” Brown said. “All these programs are a cultural challenge to the community and only become successful if all get involved and make is a success.”
Dan Carney, the water district’s conservation program manager, echoed the thought.
“You have to ask what you can do to help mobilize your family and community,” he told those gathered.
Bill Maddaus, a consultant and water expert, warned not every conservation idea works.
“Half of the things that come out don’t live up to expectations,” he said.
And district officials believe they will fall short of water needed to supply the county in dry years even with expanded conservation programs. They calculate a shortage of about 2,200 acre feet with the most aggressive conservation measures imposed. An acre-foot can supply about three single-family homes with water for a year.
“We still will have a imbalance between supply and demand,” said Paul Helliker, the water district’s general manager. “That’s a problem we have to solve.”
But environmentalist Ed Mainland of Novato believes more can be done to conserve.
“You have to look at summer use,” he said. “You have to analyze the waste and limit leaks. You have big shopping centers and government buildings where the sprinklers are going to preserve grass in the hottest days of the year at 2 p.m. when its 100 degrees. That makes no sense.”
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Contact Mark Prado via e-mail at mprado@marinij.com
Crist signs water management bill
June 30, 2009
Historic City News has learned that a measure allowing managers of the five water management districts to approve permits without a formal governing board vote became law on Tuesday over the objections of environmentalists.
Those in opposition say the new law unduly limits public input.
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Cautioning executive directors to vet permitting issues before their full board of governors, Gov. Charlie Crist nonetheless approved SB 2080 saying it would further state efforts to improve the quality of water entering Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.
Crist lauded efforts by the South Florida Water Management District to secure a deal with U.S. Sugar Corp to connect the lake to the northern Everglades. The plan calls for the district to get 73,000 acres from U.S. Sugar, though the company would lease some of the land back over the next 20 years.
That said, the governor acknowledged that legislation that came up late in the session to expand the power of directors caused great concern.
“I am asking the governing boards and executive directors to continue to include surface water and consumptive use permits on all board meeting agendas or other public meetings for discussion and transparency purposes,” Crist wrote in a letter announcing his support for the bill. полнометражное порно
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Despite the homeowners’ provision, Audubon of Florida, 1000 Friends of Florida and the Putnam County Environmental Council urged Crist to veto SB 2080, saying it puts too much power in the hands of district executive directors.
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Song for a Raggy Boy rip Backers include the Florida Association of Home Builders, which argued that such hearings are sparsely attended, time consuming and raise the costs of environmental efforts.
By MICHAEL PELTIER
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA