As you all already know, we have had a bit of a heat wave lately. In addition, it does not take a turfgrass scientist to understand that with the heat, the turf on the golf course just as the turf in your yard requires more water. Many of you may know that many homes on the golf course are tied to the golf course irrigation system. This is where our teamwork comes into play. Historically, we have allowed a home owner watering window from 6:00 AM to noon. This is in an effort to supply everyone, including the golf course itself, with the water we need while not over taxing our pumps.
However, the past two nights our pump station experienced "system faults." This occurs when the pumping system is attempting to operate above it's capacity. When this fault occurs, the pumps automatically shut down, cutting off water to everyone, including the golf course. These two faults occurred because multiple homes on the golf course had their valves manually turned on attempting to water outside the scheduled window for home owners. When operating in manual mode our computer system cannot account for the water use. Therefore, the combined load of the golf course watering and unaccounted home owner watering was enough to take the pump station passed it's limit.
In order to ensure that our home owners and golf course get the water required during the summer months, we have changed the home owner watering window to 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. This water window will ensure that everyone has enough time and pressure to grow healthy turf during the mid-summer heat!
Thank you.
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