Landscape Irrigation
Learn about efficient water management practices for lawn, garden and landscape plants. Maintaining a desirable landscape under our current drought conditions may require added attention to irrigation scheduling, water application rates, and the use of more water conserving plants. Below you will find information, links to publications, and other web sites to help you save water and maintain a beautiful landscape.
Choose plants that will do well in the various areas of your landscape. Consider whether areas are sunny or shady, dry or wet.
The following web sites contain drought, water use and water conservation information for home lawns, gardens and landscape plants.
Landscape Tips
Choose plants that will do well in the various areas of your landscape. Consider whether areas are sunny or shady, dry or wet.
Irrigation scheduling and system design
- Residential Lawn Watering Guide for selected Utah locations.
- Evapotranspiration information for the Wasatch Front area.
- Utah specific irrigation scheduling information. and http://www.conservewater.utah.gov/
- The Center for Irrigation Technology.
- Wateright - an educational and irrigation scheduling resource for water managers.
- Southern Nevada Water Authority.
- Utah State University Cooperative Extension, Salt Lake County, lawn watering guide.
- University of Nevada Reno Washoe Evapotranspiration project.
- Utah State University Extension, Cache County evapotranspiration update and forecast.
Other related web sites
The following web sites contain drought, water use and water conservation information for home lawns, gardens and landscape plants.
- Utah State University Center for Water Efficient Landscaping.
- Utah Division of Water Rights, consumptive use information tables (includes data on turf).
- Drought in Georgia.
- Maryland drought information.
- North Dakota State University Extension, coping with droughts.
- Colorado Drought Monitoring.
- Washington State Department of Ecology.
- Washington State University drought alert.
- Landscape irrigation tutorials.
- Marin, California water conservation site (landscape tips).
- The Horticultural Web.
- H2Ouse – Water House.
- H2Ouse - Water Saver Home.
- Firewise.
- Water Wise Landscaping, Utah Botanical Center.
- UMass Drought Information