Center For Water Efficient Landscaping at Utah State University The Center for Water Efficient Landscaping is a research and outreach center designed to improve efficient use of water for landscape irrigation. CWEL's mission is to promote water conservation through environmentally, socially, and economically sound landscape management practices. CWEL is unique among water conservation efforts in that its mission is restricted to working within the issue of efficient landscape water use only.
Currently, it is estimated that approximately 50-65% of Utah's culinary water is used for landscape irrigation. Research has demonstrated that the amount of water applied to landscapes could be reduced substantially without affecting landscape quality or consumer lifestyles. Water use could be reduced even further if alternative landscape designs and management programs were practiced. cwel.usu.edu
Great presentation! With 2022 being a big year in Utah for new bills and incentives due to Salt Lake drying up emergency, could there an update webinar that could help a Utah resident like me know how to plan on my own systems. Can be overwhelming knowing what has stayed the same or changed.
Fawzya, you can join the webinar mailing list here [extension.usu.edu/cwel/webinars]. You will then receive announcements about upcoming webinars and registration information. The webinars are free to everyone. Thank you!
I noticed that the instructor did not mention an 'activity indicator' which is a red or yellow shaft mounted in a standard sprinkler riser body. When the subterranean system is turned on, the pressure should be high enough to make the shaft on the activity indicator rise so that you know your system is turned on. Good for residential applications.
I am from Pakistan in my valage pine nute is avaliable. Sir have I have the best quality of pine nute. I am not understand the grafting of pine nute tress with other trees please you give me your what's app number I am discuss you from pine nute. Thanks
There are several possibilities for grafting a pine tree. One is that he is using seedlings to grow a different variety of pine tree more quickly, or an improved variety on the original tree and only needs the root to increase the number of his desired trees. He may want to grow a taller tree or use it to create a Bonsai tree with more twisting or horizontal branches for shaping. Unfortunately, he is showing us how and not why which is just as important. It isn't always about growing nut trees. Sometimes it is ornamental.
Any movement on water catchment systems? Rain barrels, swales, basins, curb cuts or greywater use? This may be too much rock initially for your homeowners so how about buffalo grass or a fescue variety? Could we use yellow tagged native Utah plants? Thanks.
Some good ideas to pursue especially flip the strip I would recommend changing out the standard 1 gallon emitters landscape companies use to half gallon for most plants. To get beyond culinary water use for the outdoors can we utilize water catchment systems such as barrels, swales and basins? Low tech greywater use can be a tool from our toolbox on appropriate water use. Make sure not to use softened water or cleaning products that contain sodium with our alkaline soils.
Ken, USU's Extension Sustainability Specialist works with water catchment systems. See CWEL Webinars Green Infrastructure <ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sfnhgrM5wqc.html> and Rainwater Harvesting ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FRKtL0YI98w.html
It should be noted that in deriving LIR, one should exclude interior water usage on same meter. This can be accomplished by noting the water bill during non irrigation months and subtracting from the irrigation month being evaluated. so LIR = (total water bill volume - volume of non irrigation month volume) / Landscape water need.
