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Web URL(s): | http://www.irrigation.org/IA/FileUploads/IA/Resources/TechnicalPapers/2004/ReducingResidentialIrrigationWaterUseInFlorida.pdf Last checked: 10/27/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
Author(s): | Dukes, Michael D.;
Haley, Melissa B.;
Miller, Grady L. |
Author Affiliation: | Dukes: Ph.D. and PE and CID and Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dept., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Haley: EI and Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dept., University of Florida; Miller: Ph.D. and Environmental Horticultural Dept., University of Florida |
Title: | Reducing residential irrigation water use in Florida |
Section: | Turf Other records with the "Turf" Section
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Source: | Irrigation Show 2004: Technical Session Proceedings. 2004, p. 219-233. |
Publishing Information: | [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association] |
# of Pages: | 15 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Comparisons; Evaluations; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation scheduling; Irrigation system design; Turfgrass quality; Water conservation; Water use
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Geographic Terms: | Central Florida |
Abstract/Contents: | "With one of the largest rapidly growing state populations in the U.S., competition between urban, agricultural, and other water users in Florida is increasing. This project was conducted to determine if residential irrigation use in Central Florida could be influenced through changes in irrigation system design, irrigation scheduling, or landscape configuration. Three treatments were established in 2002 as follows: typical irrigation practices (T1), irrigation based on historical evapotranspiration (T2), and water wise landscape plus irrigation designed to minimize water use (T3). T1 and T2 irrigation systems consisted of sprinkler irrigation that included landscape plants and turfgrass on the same irrigation zones. T1 irrigation was scheduled by individual homeowners. T2 irrigation was scheduled based on 60% replacement of historical evapotranspiration. T3 irrigation systems were scheduled the same as T2 and included microirrigation in landscape bedding. T1 averaged 142 mm of irrigation per month while T2 and T3 averaged 119 and 87 mm, respectively. T2 and T3 irrigation water use corresponds to a 16% and 39% reduction in water use compared to T1, respectively. Turfgrass quality was not impacted by the reduced irrigation amounts. These results indicate that irrigation water use can be reduced by evapotranspiration-based scheduling and with landscape and irrigation systems designed to minimize irrigation." |
Language: | English |
References: | 17 |
Note: | Map Pictures, color Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Dukes, M. D., M. B. Haley, and G. L. Miller. 2004. Reducing residential irrigation water use in Florida. p. 219-233. In Irrigation Show 2004: Technical Session Proceedings. [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association]. |
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