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Water resources are being strained around the country. Cities are beginning to mandate water conservation by:

AquaSys provides products that help home owners and businesses not only meet these new challenges but potentially save both money and foliage as well.

If you are reading this after receiving one of our mailings, you'd probably like to know how to save 25%-33% off your outdoor water bill. In two words, it's:

That sticky, thick clay soil that everyone hates is good for one thing - it stores water like a battery stores electricity. Our Water Troll II in-soil moisture sensor monitors the amount of water in your soil like a meter measures the electrical charge in a battery.

Those cheap little rain gages that city governments make you install will turn off your sprinkler system almost immediately. However, they won't keep your sprinkler systems turned off very long. Only a few hours in most cases. (You can have irrigation professionals install better units that will keep your sprinkler system turned off for 2 to 3 days, however, you won't find these units at Home Depot or Lowes.)

IF RAIN GAGES LET MY SPRINKLERS TURN BACK ON IN ONLY A FEW HOURS, WHY DO THEY MAKE THEM MANDATORY?

It looks bad when a sprinkler system is on during a rain storm. It's very easy to demonstrate that a rain gage will quickly turn off a system.

Our best guess is that no one ever bothered to do the simple test to see how long a sprinkler system would stay off once the rain stopped. This takes time. We did. We invite you to try this experiment yourself, and we recommend it as a great science fair project for Middle School students.

For various amounts of precipitation, here are some typical waiting times that you can expect before needing to resume watering.

The actual waiting periods will vary depending on the amount of shade, wind, temperature, amount (and type) of soil amendments, and the slope of the area relative to the surrounding terrain - which is why an in-ground moisture sensor is useful.

Here are some rainfall averages that use these irrigation waiting times to show your average expected savings (in days you don't need to water).

	*Average rainfall(inches)	**Average number of days of 0.01” or more precipitation	Average rainfall for each rain event (inches)	Average Number of days in a month you won't have to water
January	1.97	7	0.28	10-12
February	2.40	7	0.34	14-15
March	2.91	7	0.42	15-17
April	3.81	8	0.48	15-20
May	5.01	9	0.56	18-25
June	3.12	7	0.45	15-18
July	2.04	5	0.41	10-12
August	2.07	5	0.41	10-12
September	2.67	7	0.38	14-15
October	3.76	6	0.63	15-20
November	2.70	6	0.45	12-15
December	2.64	7	0.38	12-14

* Data Courtesy “The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting” Texas Water Development Board, Austin Texas, 2005

** Forty year data average courtesy, The University of Utah, Department of Meteorology

A rain gage is up in the air, out in the sun, and has no way to judge your local soil conditions. An AquaSys Water Troll II is in the soil. It knows if you need to water or not, and it keeps your water off when it's not needed which saves you money - every time it rains. See our product page for more information. Call or email us if you have any questions.

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