Construction of plant bed pads will begin shortly where our water recycling program will be further improved. Each plant pad will be formed into a shallow dish and lined with plastic to stop water penetrating into the ground. The dish will be lined with ag pipe that will guide the water to a drain system, that leads to our wetlands for recycling and purification. Over the plastic and Ag pipe 100mm of crushed aggregate will be laid as a base for the pots to sit on. This reduces the risk of disease and provides excellent drainage.
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Shows water waste with mist rising and dissipating into air.
| We have selected the Rain Bird LF1200 impact sprinkler for the majority of our overhead irrigation. This sprinkler is a low flow head and has a good size droplet with no misting. Next time you see irrigation running, watch it closely and if you see a fine mist rising up above the sprinkler you are wasting water and increasing the humidity. Being a low flow sprinkler the LF1200 does have much longer run times than other impact sprinklers to achieve the same application rate.Run times will be up to 1 hour in summer, compared to around 20 minutes using other overheads sprinklers. |
