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Report Author(s): Kilgren, Douglas ;
Kjelgren, Roger ;
Johnson, Paul G. ;
Endter-Wada, Joanna Author Affiliation: Kilgren, Kjelgren, Johnson: Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology; and Endter-Wada: Department of Envirtonment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Title: A case study of implementing water conservation in an institutional setting Section: Conservation/environmental qualityOther records with the "Conservation/environmental quality" Section Meeting Info.: Llandudno, Wales, UK: July 10-15, 2005 Source: International Turfgrass Society Annexe - Technical Papers 2005 . Vol. 10, 2005, p. 15-16.# of Pages: 2 Publishing Information: Aberystywth, Ceredigion, UK: International Turfgrass Society Keywords: TIC Keywords: Water conservation ; Urban landscaping ; Irrigation ; Water use ; Evapotranspiration ; Automatic irrigation ; Manual irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Institutional turf ; Irrigation scheduling Abstract/Contents: Discusses a study investigating the best way to approach irrigation management and water conservation in an institutional setting and to determine if a water conservation program should be pursued in the Granite School District in Utah. States the goals of the study were to examine "1) three water conservation approaches and determine which is most effective in achieving water savings in a public institutional setting and 2) water use at some elementary schools and quantify the potential water savings" and lists the conservation treatments: "1) an education program where managers - school custodians - were educated on water conservation and given evapotranspiration (ET) based water schedules to use; 2) a prescribed program ET-based water schedule provided without the education program; and 3) a directive where custodians were told by supervisors to conserve water with no further resources." Concludes the average school in the Granite School District does not over-water and a district-wide water conservation program would not be economical and that water conservation programs in an institutional environment must be flexible and carefully established to have the most participation by the landscape managers. Language: English References: 0 ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science -Like - may be incomplete ): Int. Turfgrass Soc. Annexe - Tech. Pap. 10:p. 15-16.Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=105316 If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 105316 . Choices for finding the above item : SB 433 .I54 v.10 Annexe 2005 Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record)
