IRRIGATION AUDITS
What are the benefits of an irrigation audit?
- Establish Precipitation Rates used for programming irrigation cycles.
- Identify problem turfgrass areas.
- Evaluate irrigation equipment performance.
- Documented evidence of irrigation efficiency or Distribution Uniformity (DU)
- Proven methods of processes of a Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor.
Conducting the audit
- Head spacing,
- Visual Inspection
- Sprinkler Performance
- Sprinkler obstructions,
- Thatch,
Mechanical Inspection
- Soil texture test,
- Catch Pan precipitation rate test
- Evaluate system pressure and flow
- Testing soil infiltration rates
