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How to Install a Basic Lawn Sprinkler System

Installing a sprinkler system is a good way to keep your lawn green with minimal effort. Here's how to install one yourself.

How to Keep Sprinklers from Wasting Water, Money

All week long, NBC 5 Today will bring you ways to save water, all while maintaining a beautiful lawn. Monday, we took a look at automatic sprinklers, which can consume a surprising amount of water.

Backflow Prevention Assembly Certified Tester Course (W)

Why You Need Water Backflow Preventers

Back flow devices are used to protect the main water source from contamination. This can be very important for certain reasons, especially where the source of water is connected to hazardous equipm…

Everything You Need To Know About Sprinklers

No more hand watering! This handy guide will teach you everything you need to know about lawn sprinklers and help bring your garden to the next level.

Annual Maintenance Requirements For Backflow Preventers

How often should backflow preventers installed within water glycol piping systems be tested in order to meet maintenance requirements?

Rambling Renovators: How To Set Up A Soaker Hose System For The Garden

Soaker hose irrigation can keep your plants watered. Here's tips on how to set up a soaker hose system in the garden.

5 Tips For Efficiently Using An Automatic Watering System

How do you irrigate your lawn? Are you adequately watering your lawn? Here are some tips on efficiently using an automatic watering system.

What You Need To Know About Backflow

By "Apollo" Flow Controls | May 17, 2017If a driver travels down the road in the wrong direction on a one-way street, bad consequences usually happen. The same can be said if the water in the plumbing system flows in the opposite direction it was intended. This phenomenon is called “backflow” and backflow can happen in one of two ways: through backpressure or backsiphonage. Let’s explore the twoBackpressurePlumbing systems are designed and installed so that the water pressure in a…

Automatic Sprinkler Systems and How They Work

The best way to fight a fire that is within a business or home is automatic sprinkler systems. Having a sprinkler system within the home or business can even, in some cases, qualify the insured for a discount on their When installed and maintained properly automatic sprinkler systems are about 95% effective. However, people are […]

Fire sprinklers: One installation that could save businesses, homes and lives

Firefighters respond as quickly as they can when duty calls.. but sometimes, fire travels even faster. With one simple installation to your home or business, a fire can be extinguished within in se…

Watering your lawn could prevent a leaky basement

At present it looks as though 2012 may again be a year to remember for foundation issues. To date, this has been a very dry year. At present we are somewhere around 5-6 inches behind in rainfall. You can see the cracks beginning to develop in the grounds. We have also been in the growth cycle for trees during this time and the growing season was advanced due to the unusually warm March throughout most of the country [...]

Preventing freeze-ups of sprinkler systems prevents loss

Preventive measures to help building managers decrease the likelihood of frozen, incapacitated sprinkler systems.

Sprinkler systems enhance cool cell performance in poultry houses

Sprinkler systems are a flexible tool to combat heat stress and may save up to 80% of the water normally used during the initial cooling stages.

Drip Irrigation Design and Installation

How to Plant a Tree During the AZ SummerKen Lain shows how to plant a tree during the Hot ... Dry weather experienced during Prescott's SummersLearn about a secret weapon available only at Watters to ensure success with your planting.Time in the GardenRelax with this Jazzy music while seeing more of Ken Lain's GardensGardening 301Drip Irrigation Design and InstallationLearn the benefits of drip irrigation, new technologies, and how to set a system up or add a…