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New IA Audit Guidelines06-11-09 | News

New IA Audit Guidelines




An audit might have caught this leak at a trickle, before it became a gusher. With summer weather and potential water restrictions in many areas nationwide, performing irrigation audits might prove profitable for landscape contractors.
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The Irrigation Association (IA) recently released updated guidelines for landscape contractors performing irrigation audits. It claims they reflect industry best practices regarding turf and landscape sprinkler systems.

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Some changes include a 24-catch device minimum when performing audits, based on research the IA claims demonstrates tighter sprinkler spacing may require the increased measuring devices. Applying information from one zone or station to another-what the association terms ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Detailed audit guidelines can be viewed at www.irrigation.org/certification/pdf/AuditGuidelines_FINAL.pdf.

Source: The Irrigation Association

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