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New Outdoor Water Use Rules

June 15, 2010
 
New outdoor water use rules were recently created and are part of the Georgia Water Stewardship Act (Senate Bill 370). According to Governor Perdue, “The Water Stewardship Act is the next step forward as we continue building a statewide culture of conservation”.    Water conservation is critical as population growth increases and can be achieved through efficient outdoor water use and implementing “Best Management Practices” in the landscape. It is our responsibility to be stewards of water, which is our most important resource, by protecting it for future generations.
 
Outdoor Water Use Rules became effective June 1, 2010 and are as follows:
  • Between the hours of 4pm and 10am persons may irrigate outdoors daily for purposes of planting, growing, managing, or maintaining ground cover, trees, shrubs, or other plants.
Source: 
Sheryl Wells, University of Georgia Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Using Gray Water in Your Landscape and Garden

During times of water shortage, slightly used gray water can provide an alternative landscape irrigation source. Separating slightly used (gray) water from sewage (black water) makes good conservation sense.
 
Daily, homeowners misuse or waste an average of 33 percent of valuable drinking water. Most of this water misuse is for diluting toilet, sink and laundry wastes and from slightly used sink, shower and laundry water.

Publication Number: 
253

Summer Vegetable Garden Care

As the days get hotter and drier, keep a watchful eye on your vegetable garden. Careful attention to a few details will help your garden produce a bountiful harvest all summer.
 
Water Management


Focus your attention on water management first. Most gardens need at least 1 inch of water per week.

Publication Number: 
93

Plant a Fall Garden

So you didn't get your vegetable garden planted this spring because you were busy or the ground was too wet? And you still want some fresh, tasty vegetables. Well, it's not too late to plant a fall garden.
 

In most cases, choose early-maturing vegetables. Lettuce, radishes, spinach, turnips and peas can be started from seed. Lettuce and radish can be seeded about every two weeks.

Maintaining Centipede

Proper maintenance practices are essential in order to produce an attractive, healthy centipedegrass lawn. 

Source(s): 
Gil Landry, PhD., Coordinator - UGA Center for Urban Agriculture, The University of Georgia.
Publication Number: 
137

Slow The Flow - Make Every Drop Count

Make every drop of water count so that everyone has enough to use all summer long.

General Watering Tips

• When watering, wet the soil to a depth of about 6-8 inches which is about one inch of water. Short, surface waterings do more harm than good by encouraging shallow roots.

• Three to five gallons of water, or less than one minute of watering with a garden hose, will saturate the root zone of a plant.

• Established shrubs can survive with one 30 second hand-watering into their root zones every 2-3 weeks.

Summer Vegetable Garden Care

As the days get hotter and drier, keep a watchful eye on your vegetable garden. Careful attention to a few details will help your garden produce a bountiful harvest all summer.
 

Water Management

Focus your attention on water management first. Most gardens need at least 1 inch of water per week. If it doesn't rain, apply a half-inch of water twice a week.

Some vegetables may need a little more water, depending on the soil type and temperature. If you can, use soaker hoses or drip irrigation to avoid wetting the foliage. Wet foliage can lead to diseases.

Overhead irrigation is okay - if it's all you have. As with all watering, though, run irrigation at night or in the early morning hours so as to allow the plants time to dry during the day.

Using a watering can or hose can be effective ways to water small gardens. They make it easy to target the moisture directly to the plant, and no water is wasted between the rows.

Publication Number: 
93