How thirsty is your lawn?

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This summer many of us will struggle to pick between a not-so-green-lawn vs a not-so-affordable-water-bill.

Before making this choice, how about answering this question: "How thirsty is your lawn?"... How do you know how much to water it if you don't know how much water it needs in the first place?

A good majority of us don't relate to this problem since they are not the one who waters the lawn. It simply is someone else's problem, or is it? Shouldn't we be asking the person in charge to answer the question?

OK. There is a way to do it right. It starts with knowing what causes your lawn to need water. Ever heard of ET? ET is a measure of evaporation (from soil and plant surfaces) and transpiration (from plant tissues). So it can be used to calculate how much water your lawn needs.

Want to know more: What is CIMIS and What is ET?

Later in the week, I'll write more about using ET to find out how thirsty your lawn is!

World Water Day - 22nd March 2009

March 22nd is International World Water Day.

United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day as an international day to celebrate freshwater. Since then each year a specific aspect of freshwater is selected as the theme. This years theme is around "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities".

UNWater reports: "With every country seeking to satisfy its water needs from limited water resources, some foresee a future filled with conflict. But history shows that cooperation, not conflict, is the most common response to transboundary water management issues.



You can read more about World Water Day here: UNWater.

In celebration of World Water Day, we will give away free 12 month subscriptions to our Landscape Water Management software to the first 3 readers who email us *. Please write to info@auditorsoft.com and use the subject line "World Water Day 2009 Promotion".



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