When it comes to having an irrigation system there are numerous benefits. Irrigation helps keep your lawn, garden, and crops healthy by efficiently providing water, as well help keep track an overall water consumption. There are handfuls of reasons why irrigation is beneficial. Read below to learn some of those reasons.
Water Conservation
When you water by hand you can waste more then 50% of water through run off and evaporation. Irrigation systems are designed to transport water directly to the root systems of your plants and crops. For your lawn pop-up sprays and rotors put the water right where you need it without the over spray, dry spots, and over saturation from a regular oscillating sprinkler, therefor reducing your water consumption and saving you money.
Saving Your Time
Irrigation systems both sprinklers and drip/micro irrigation can be set to a watering schedule via your controller or hose bib timer you can set it to water daily, even days, odd days, select days of the week, and weekly, depending on your water requirements. By setting your controller up can be an effective way to save your time by not having to manually turn on each zone, and making your run times for the middle of the night or early morning so you can have use of your yard and not wait for your irrigation to finish.
Adds Home Value
Having an irrigation system can add value to your home, having the right irrigation to fit your homes needs is important. Whether your home has a garden with a drip or micro irrigation system or a lawn sprinkler system both will add to your homes value. When it comes to selling your house it can be a big selling point having a beautiful green lush lawn and a flourishing garden, to catch the buyers eye.
Preserves Soil Nutrients
When hand watering or manually watering with a yard sprinkler it can wash away the beneficial nutrients needed to help with healthy growth for your garden and lawn. With having an irrigation system you can control the amount of water in the areas you need it without over watering.
When it comes to having an irrigation system its something you can do yourself as a DIY project if its on the smaller scale, or hire an irrigation company to do so if your not comfortable doing it yourself. If you are looking for a design us at Wes-Tech Irrigation are happy to help with a design. For more information about our design services or for an inquiry regarding a design, please contact us.