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Water Education & Conservation

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1. What is Water?

Water is a molecule that consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. When these atoms are combined, they form water. The scientific way to write this molecule is “H2O.”

2. What is an Aquifer?

An aquifer is an underground layer of rock and sand that contains water. Water moves through the layers of rock and sand much like a river moves on the surface.

3. What is the Hydrologic or Water Cycle?

Water is always moving. Surface water, warmed by the sun, evaporates into the atmosphere. Water vapor is carried by the wind all over the globe. Eventually the water vapor cools and condenses into clouds, fog, dew or various forms of precipitation. Once on the ground the water can evaporate directly or travel as runoff into the ocean, rivers, lakes or a ground water system, eventually to evaporate again. This dynamic pathway of water is called the Water Cycle.

4. What is an acre-foot of water?

An acre-foot (A/F) is enough water to cover an acre of land one-foot deep. That’s 325,851 gallons or 43,560 cubic feet of water.

5. Cooling Tower pH Conductivity Controller?

A state-of-the-art Controller that allows you to add chemicals to the cooling tower that controls the pH in the system, helping to prevent the creation of scaling in the tower. See Cooling Tower for More...

6. What is a Pre-Rinse Kitchen Sprayer?

A Pre-Rinse Kitchen Sprayer is a pull down sprayer used in commercial kitchens to rinse dishes.

7. What is a Connectionless Food Steamer?

Restaurants often use a food steamer / steamers to maintain or warm food. New water-efficient, connectionless (pressureless) food steamers, have no water line or sewer discharge. Intended for small- to medium-size restaurants.

8. What is a High Efficiency Clothes Washer (HECW)?

A High Efficiency Clothes Washer (HECW) meets certain water and energy efficient standards. They use a design where the tub axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical. Clothes are tumbled through water that only fills a fraction of the tub. Also known as horizontal axis, tumble action or front-loading clothes washers, they have a water factor of 9.5 gallons of water per cycle or less. HECW minimize drying time by removing more water from the clothes in the spin cycle than in traditional machines.

9. What is a rotating nozzle?

The multi-trajectory, rotating streams of the rotating nozzle applies water more slowly and uniformly than conventional spray and rotor type irrigation heads by using arc and radius adjustment. Rotating nozzle technology reduces misting and run-off.

10. What is a Smart Irrigation Controller?

Smart Irrigation Controllers or Weather Based Irrigation Controllers (WBIC) provide the appropriate watering schedule, adjust for weather changes and irrigate based on the needs of the landscape. These irrigation controllers use historical weather information or information collected from local weather stations to adjust watering schedules.

11. What is a Waterbroom?

A Waterbroom replaces a hose nozzle combining air and water pressure to clean and remove dirt, food spills, and lawn cuttings from concrete, asphalt or any other surface.

12. What is Compost?

Compost is one of nature’s best mulches and soil amendments, and you can use it instead of commercial fertilizer. Using compost improves soil structure, texture and aeration and increases the soil’s water-holding capacity. Compost loosens clay soil and helps sandy soil retain water. Adding compost improves soil fertility and stimulates healthy root development in plants.

13. What is Evapotranspiration (ET)?

Evapotranspiration or (ET) is the rate at which a plant loses water through evaporation and transpiration.

14. What is the Water Calculator?

The water calculator is designed to give you a schedule for the maximum amount of water which your plants may need each week of the year.

15. What is the Water Factor?

The Water Factor is the number of gallons per cycle per cubic foot that the clothes washer uses. The lower the water factor, the more efficient the washer.

16. What is the Watering Index?

The Watering Index is a guide to help people adjust watering schedules for landscape irrigation controllers, based on Evapotranspiration.

17. What is Transpiration?

The passing of water through living plant membranes into the atmosphere.