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Despite the rain we have had these past few days, San Antonio remains in Stage 2 water restrictions.
"Dry spring weather combined with increased water demands across the Edwards region, especially agricultural use, have caused the Edwards Aquifer level to drop quickly," said Robert R. Puente, SAWS President/CEO. "The Edwards Aquifer is hitting the Stage Two level a month earlier than it did last year during the driest year on record."
Stage 2 limits landscape watering to once a week on your designated watering day between the hours of 3-8am and 8-10pm. Watering with drip irrigation is permitted any day of the week during those same hours.
For more details on the water restrictions, visit www.saws.org. |
Do you want a green lawn this summer?
Sounds impossible given we are already in stage 2 water restrictions. However, there is an amazing new technology that will allow you to have green grass during the drought and will save you money on your water bills. It is a new underground drip irrigation system for your lawns. This is easiest done when you are installing a new lawn but it can be done on an existing lawn.
Here is how it works - Tubing is trenched about 3"-4" below the grass surface and covered over with sod. When the system comes on, the grass roots are watered -which is the only part of the grass that needs the water. Drip irrigation is the world's most efficient type of irrigation and subsurface drip is especially so because it is unaffected by wind and evaporation resulting in 70% less water use than conventional overhead sprinklers.
Pretty Amazing - Save Water and Money and have green grass all year long!
For those interested, here is a video with more information. If you have any questions or are interested in having it done give us a call 657-7737 |
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Drought Action Plan
There are several things you can do to get your yard ready for the drought:
1. Mulch your planting beds
2. Protect new trees and plants from wildlife
3. Already weakened trees need pruning to remove dead limbs as we reenter a drought season
4. Trees stressed by the drought are susceptible to many different diseases including Oak Wilt and Hypoxylon Cankor. Be sure to supplement water your trees once a week using drip irrigation in the root zone.
5. When replacing turf areas and plants, ensure 6" enriched topsoil is installed and use plants native to our area.
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