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) is a water use efficienty program that includes key elements such as Irrigation Specifications, Irrigation Inspections, high efficiency Irrigation Designs, Irrigation Training and Support, etc.  These elements work together to achieve higher performing systems and team members and lower maintenance costs and water use 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 school districts as well as to commercial entities such as golf courses and private businesses creating and maintaining green spaces.

4. British Columbia appears to have lots of water, why is water conservation important?

The blunt truth is that the belief that there is an endless supply of water, or that our freshwater supplies are  replenishable, is wrong. Freshwater resources cannot be replenished fast enough and we are depleting them at an unprecedented rate. Aquifers are drying up and surface sources are rapidly shrinking or disappearing.  While the actual volume of water on the earth does not change, the amount of freshwater specifically is changing and where that freshwater moves to, is stored and its quality levels are 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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