Helping Save Water
SustainSprinkle wants to be the driving force to take control of your irrigation usage, lower cost and save water worldwide. We can all benefit from saving our water supply and…
Florida Rainfall
One inch of rain is equal to 27,154 gallons per 1 acre. South Florida has an annual precipitation of 61.3 inches per year. That is an average of 1million 600+…
Keeping Lawns Green
Run-off pollution occurs with each rainfall when water flows over land picking up soil and grass clippings and depositing them in streams, ponds, wetlands, lakes, and rivers.In Florida at least…
The Rainy Season
Did you know that about half of household water use goes on lawns? In South Florida, we produce about 54 million gallons of drinking water a day. Of that water…
Run Off
During the summer months, Florida has “the rainy season. During this season on average 65-75% more rainwater will be saturating your lawn. While a large amount of rainfall on your…
At Sustainsprinkle we have been doing a lot of interesting things this month. We will be sending out multiple emails every month. We are excited about our new email campaign and…
PROTECT YOUR SOIL
Soil type, field slope, and flow rate all affect surface irrigation erosion, with flow rate being the main factor that can be managed. Ideally, sprinkler irrigation will have no runoff, but application rates on moving irrigation systems can exceed the soil…
TOO MUCH WATER
TOO MUCH WATER Over watering a lawn is much worse for the grass and trees than under watering a lawn because a lawn that is watered too much will starve the soil of oxygen. Air is extremely important to the health of the soil and…