A properly designed irrigation system can?
a. Save water, time, and money
b. Save installation time
c. Cost more
d. Last longer - ANS a. Save Water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. Hundreds of years
b. Since Rain Bird was founded
c. Thousands of years
d. Sev...
a. Save water, time, and money
b. Save installation time
c. Cost more
d. Last longer - ANS a. Save Water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. Hundreds of years
b. Since Rain Bird was founded
c. Thousands of years
d. Seventy-five years - ANS c. Thousands of years
The impact sprinkler head was introduced by Rain Bird in:
a. 1993
b. 1985
c. 1890
d. 1910 - ANS a. 1933
Landscape irrigation, as we know it, has been around since:
a. The 1930's
b. Since the development of PVC pipe
c. The turn of the 20th century - ANS d. The turn of the 20th century
The issue of top priority in irrigation today is:
a. How to sell more systems in our present economy
b. New technology in back flow protection
c. Water conservation
d. City and State regulations on licensing - ANS c. Water conservation
The shortage of water is a result of:
, a. Water being a fixed resource
b. A decrease in the population
c. A decrease in water usage per year
d. Larger sprinkler heads - ANS a. Water being a fixed resource
Possible solutions to the scarcity of water include:
a. Allowing only rock and desert landscapes
b. Watering only once a week
c. Building desalination plants
d. Limiting irrigation systems to commercial properties only - ANS c. Building desalination
plants
Which is not a possible solution for the scarcity of water?:
a. Xeriscaping
b. Efficient landscape irrigation
c. Construction of more dams
d. Use of recycled water - ANS c. Construction of more dams
One of the seven. basic landscaping principles of Xeriscaping is:
a. Larger turf areas
b. Only rock landscapes
c. Soil removal
d. mulching - ANS d. Mulching
Efficient irrigation is geared more directly toward:
a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper education
b. Federal government
c. City government
d. State government - ANS a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and
proper education
Manufacturers can impact water conservation by producing:
a. Products at a lower cost
b. Better low-volume irrigation products
c. Sizing components properly
d. More efficient irrigation scheduling - ANS b. Better low-volume irrigation products
Which of the following is not a basic principle of Xeriscaping?:
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