Full TGIF Record # 268438
Item 1 of 1
DOI:10.2134/cftm2015.0149
Web URL(s):https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2134/cftm2015.0149
    Last checked: 02/05/2024
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2134/cftm2015.0149
    Last checked: 02/05/2024
    Requires: PDF Reader
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
Publication Type:
i
Refereed
Author(s):Gelernter, Wendy D.; Stowell, Larry J.; Johnson, Mark E.; Brown, Clark D.; Beditz, Joseph F.
Author Affiliation:Gelernter and Stowell: PACE Turf, San Diego, CA; Johnson: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Lawrence, KS; Brown and Beditz: National Golf Foundation, Jupiter, FL
Title:Documenting trends in water use and conservation practices on U.S. golf courses
Section:Applied turfgrass science
Other records with the "Applied turfgrass science" Section
Source:Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2015, p. [1-10].
Publishing Information:Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America
# of Pages:10
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Climatic factors; Conservation; Futures; Golf industry trends; Irrigation efficiency; Irrigation rates; Regional variation; Water conservation; Water use
Abstract/Contents:"Since an initial survey was conducted in 2006, U.S. golf courses have reduced their water use by 21.8%, from a projected 2.379 million acre-feet/year to 1.859 million acre-feet of water per year. Factors contributing to this decrease include voluntary reductions in number of irrigated acres, reductions in number of golf facilities, and water conservation practices. These practices allowed U.S. golf courses to use less water than predicted by reference evapotranspiration (ETo) values. There is dramatic regional variation in water use patterns across the United States. The median amount of water used by an 18-hole golf course was highest in the Southwest (3.87 acre-feet/acre per year) and lowest in the Transition zone (cool- to warm-season grass adaption areas) (0.60 acre-feet/acre per year), and water use ranged from no irrigation to >9 acre-feet/acre per year on a course-by-course basis. Regional variation was most heavily influenced by climate, due to the broad range of ETo and precipitation values among the studys seven agronomic regions. Recycled water use has increased to approximately 25% of all water used on golf courses in 2013, from 14.7% in 2005. Future decreases in golf course water use will likely depend on further development of water budgeting and water management plans, adoption of monitoring technology, improved irrigation efficiency, and further reductions in irrigated acreages."
Language:English
References:30
See Also:See also related article "A silty solution" Kansas Grass Roots, February 2016, p. 23, R=270527. R=270527
Note:Tables
Graphs
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gelernter, W. D., L. J. Stowell, M. E. Johnson, C. D. Brown, and J. F. Beditz. 2015. Documenting trends in water use and conservation practices on U.S. golf courses. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management. 1(1):p. [1-10].
Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=268438
If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 268438.
Choices for finding the above item:
DOI: 10.2134/cftm2015.0149
Web URL(s):
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2134/cftm2015.0149
    Last checked: 02/05/2024
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2134/cftm2015.0149
    Last checked: 02/05/2024
    Requires: PDF Reader
    Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
Find from within TIC:
   Digitally in TIC by record number.
Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record)