Waterscapes publishes irrigation troubleshooting guide
Waterscapes has announced the launch of a new troubleshooting guide to help facilities and estates teams diagnose the irrigation faults that surface in high summer.
Last month marked Smart Irrigation Month, which highlights the importance of water-efficient irrigation. Ed Harwood, maintenance contracts manager, has formulated the guide to cover the faults behind most summer callouts.
Harwood says:
“The most useful thing a site team can do is narrow a fault down before they call. If we arrive knowing it’s one zone, it’s recurring, and it started after the groundworks went in, a half-day investigation becomes an hour. The checks a team does in ten minutes are worth more than any part they might have replaced.”
The guide draws a firm line on electrical faults, which Waterscapes identifies as the category where in-house troubleshooting wastes the most money. Intermittent wiring faults impersonate failed components, and sites can spend a full season replacing parts without touching the underlying fault.
The guide also notes that flow monitoring, remote alerts and weather-based controllers change when faults are found rather than how they are fixed, and it follows the company’s June guidance on when smart irrigation upgrades pay for themselves.
The guide is available to read here.
Read Waterscapes’ article in Pro Landscaper’s July issue which explores maintenance of water features through the hotter months.