Frequently Asked Questions Irrigation Auditing Kelowna Okanagan BC Canada Residential Commercial FAQ - Waterkind
1. What is an Irrigation Effiiciency Program?
An Irrigation Efficiency Program (IEP) includes a number of key elements including Irrigation Specifications and inspection processes, to achieve higher uniformity (less water use) and lower maintenance costs for irrigation systems. The results are overall savings and more atrractive and usable green spaces. See the Services tab for more details.
2. What is Landscape Irrigation Auditing?
A Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA) works with you to manage and schedule your irrigation system(s) efficiently. Irrigation Auditing begins with the gathering of site information followed by on-site testing and then recommendations for improving the system. Recommendations result from analyzing the site data such as catch-can information.
3. What types of organizations does Waterkind generally work with?
Our services are most often provided to municipalities and other public organizations as well as golf courses and other for profit companies.
4. British Columbia seems to have lots of water, why is water conservation important?
The blunt truth is that anyone who believes that there is an endless and/or replenishable supply of freshwater available is wrong. It is not an endlessly renewable resource and we are depleting it at an unprecedented rate. Aquifers are drying up and huge bodies of water are rapidly shrinking. While the actual volume of water on the earth does not change, where it migrates to, how it is stored and quality levels are all subject to change and result in water crises around the world.
Freshwater sources such at The Great Lakes which holds almost 20% of the worlds supply are being looked at with envy and anticipation by countries around the world, particularly our neighbour to the south.
Globally, less than 2% of the world’s water store is fresh water – to quench the thirst of 6 billion people. And according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, by 2020, an additional 2 billion people will be competing for this shrinking resource.
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