The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the University of California collaborated to bring these resources and presentations on managing landscapes during drought, designed for landscape irrigation managers.

Topics: 

• Understanding precipitation rates (PR) to to mitigate water and pesticide runoff
• Improving sprinkler distribution uniformity (DU) to reduce water use
• Improving controller programs during mandatory water restrictions
• Determining application rates and PR of drip/micro irrigation
• Understanding soils to reduce runoff or deep percolation
• Understanding water meters to improve irrigation during drought

California Drought Update

Julie Saare-Edmonds, CA Department of Water Resources

Local Water Supple Update

Don Smith, City of Folsom

Resource Information

Monica Garcia, Regional Water Authority & Cheryl Buckwalter, EcoLandscape

Irrigation Management for Urban Trees

Chuck Ingels & Loren Oki, UC Cooperative Extension

Handouts:

Managing Irrigation in a Drought