Full Product Manual
Table Of Contents
- Low-Volume Landscape Irrigation Design Manual
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- 1 WHAT IS XERIGATION®?
- 2 THE DESIGN PROCESS
- 3 GATHER SITE DATA
- LOW-VOLUME DESIGN WORKSHEET: DENSE HYDROZONE
- Calculating Water Requirements
- BASE PLANTS IN DENSE HYDROZONES
- TABLE 3-1: MINIMUM FILTRATION REQUIREMENTS
- TABLE 3-2: DETERMINING THE SOIL TYPE
- TABLE 3-3: SOIL INFILTRATION AND WETTING PATTERN
- TABLE 3-4: PET RATES BASED ON CLIMATE
- Hydrozones
- Chapter 3 Review
- Figure 3-3: Sample Plot Plan—Doyle Residence
- Figure 3-4: Sample Site Data Worksheet—Doyle Residence
- Answer Key
- 4 DETERMINE PLANT WATER REQUIREMENTS
- Figure 4-1: Dense Hydrozone Design Worksheet
- Calculating Water Requirements
- TABLE 4-1: BASE PLANTS IN DENSE HYDROZONES
- Calculate K c
- TABLE 4-2: ESTIMATED SPECIES FACTORS
- TABLE 4-3: ESTIMATED DENSITY FACTORS
- TABLE 4-4: ESTIMATED MICROCLIMATE FACTORS
- Calculate Water Require-ment for Dense Plantings
- Calculate Water Requirement for Individual Plants in a Sparse Hydrozone
- Area of Plant Canopy
- Application Efficiency
- Water Requirement (GPD)
- Chapter 4 Review
- Answer Key
- 5 IRRIGATE BASE PLANTS
- Identifying the Base Plant
- Emission Devices
- Labor Cost Considerations
- TABLE 5-1: XERIGATION EMISSION DEVICE APPLICATION MATRIX
- Dense Plantings
- TABLE 5-2: LANDSCAPE DRIPLINE CHOICES
- TABLE 5-3: LANDSCAPE DRIPLINE SPACINGS AND FLOW RATES
- LATERAL LINE SPACING WORKSHEET
- Figure 5-3: Equal Lateral Line Spacing
- Landscape Dripline: A More Technical Approach
- TABLE 5-4: MINIMUM RECOMMENDED WATERING DEPTHS
- Emitter Spacing Versus Watering Depth
- TABLE 5-5: MAXIMUM EMISSION DEVICE SPACING (INCHES)
- TABLE 5-6: RECOMMENDED EMITTER SPACING
- Xeri-Sprays™
- Sparse Plantings
- Selecting Emitters
- TABLE 5-7: EMISSION DEVICE SELECTION
- Recommended Emitter Placement
- Calculating the Wetted Area
- TABLE 5-8: AREA WETTED BY EACH EMITTER (SQ. FT.)
- Chapter Review
- Answer Key
- 6 CALCULATE SYSTEM RUN TIME
- Calculate System Run Time
- Dense Plantings
- TABLE 6-1: EMITTER DISCHARGE RATES (EDR) FOR LANDSCAPE DRIPLINE IN INCHES PER HOUR*
- Sparse Planting
- 2.Determine Maximum Run Time
- TABLE 6-2: MAXIMUM SYSTEM RUN TIMES FOR COARSE SOIL
- TABLE 6-3: MAXIMUM SYSTEM RUN TIME FOR MEDIUM SOIL
- TABLE 6-4: MAXIMUM SYSTEM RUN TIME FOR FINE SOIL
- 3.Determine Irrigation Interval
- Chapter Review
- Answer Key
- 7 IRRIGATE NON-BASE PLANTS
- 8 SYSTEM LAYOUT
- Figure 8-1: Correct placement of emitters
- Figure 8-2: Emitter layout options
- Figure 8-3: Layout using poly drip tubing (Xeri-Tube 700)
- Figure 8-4: Layout using rigid PVC
- Using Inline Tubing
- Placing Supplemental Emitters
- Figure 8-5: Placement of supplemental emitters for shrubs or trees: top view
- Figure 8-6: Placement of supplemental emitters for shrubs or trees: section view
- System Configuration
- TABLE 8-1: SPACING OF STAKES AND STAPLES
- Figure 8-7: Landscape Dripline system configuration
- Irrigating Slopes
- Figure 8-8: Correct emitter placement on slope
- Figure 8-9: Correct placement of lateral pipe on slope
- Figure 8-10: Placement of Landscape Dripline on a slope
- Container Plants
- Figure 8-11: Micro-bubbler in a container plant
- Figure 8-12: Multiple emitters in a container plant
- Figure 8-13: Xeri-Bug emitter in a hanging basket
- 9 SYSTEM HYDRAULICS
- Water Pressure
- Figure 9-1: Determining static pressure based on elevation
- Calculating Pressure Loss
- Figure 9-2: Total flow worksheet
- Figure 9-3: Completed total flow worksheet
- Figure 9-4: Flow rate worksheet
- TABLE 9-1: MAXIMUM FLOW RATES
- Determine Maximum Lateral Lengths
- TABLE 9-2: MAXIMUM LATERAL LENGTHS
- TABLE 9-3: MAXIMUM LATERAL LENGTH XT-700
- Pressure Loss Calculation
- TABLE 9-4: MINIMUM/MAXIMUM FLOWS FOR PROPER VALVE PERFORMANCE
- TABLE 9-5: MINIMUM FLOW REQUIREMENT FOR PROPER VALVE PERFORMANCE*
- TABLE 9-6: FRICTION LOSS CHARACTERISTICS OF XERI-TUBE 700
- High Pressure
- Maximum Inlet Pressure
- TABLE 9-7: RAIN BIRD PRESSURE REGULATORS
- Hydraulics Worksheet
- 10 INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
- A FORMULAS FOR XERIGATION DESIGN
- B PET DATA
- C FRICTION LOSS AND PERFORMANCE DATA
- D XERIGATION PLANNING FORMS
- E GLOSSARY
- F XERIGATION PRODUCT LINE
- INSTALLATION DETAILS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Contact Information
—R—
Rain Bird, Technical support, 4
Rate
emission device flow, 37
emitter discharge, 44
Reference PET, 13, 81
Root depth, 36
Root zone, 2, 5
Run time
calculating, 44
system, 43
system, maximum, 46
—S—
Safety, 4, 30
Sand, 11
Scheduling, 43
Screen, 10
Selecting emission devices
dense plants, 32
sparse plants, 37
Selecting low-volume irrigation, 4
Shrub Xeri-Bug Single
Outlet Emitter, 32, 52
Silt, 11
Site data, 9, 17
Slopes, irrigating, 61
Soil
coarse, 11
fine, 11
medium, 11
type, 11
Source, water, 10
Spacing
emission device, 36
maximum, 37
Sparse Hydrozone Design Worksheet, 20
Sparse hydrozone, base plant, 29
Sparse plants, 7
selecting emission devices, 30, 51
system run time, 45
water requirement, 24
Species
factor, 22
plant, 22
Stakes and staples, 59
Static pressure, 10, 63
Sub-climate. See Microclimate
Surface water, 10
System layout, 55, 60
System run time, 43
calculating, 44
maximum, 46
—T—
Technical support, 4
Time, system run, 43
Traffic, 30
Transpiration, 13
Trees, 23
Troubleshooting, 74
—V—
Valve, 14
pressure loss through, 69
zone, 14
Valve, DV, 69
Vandalism, 4, 30
—W—
Warm dry climate, 14
Warm humid climate, 14
Wasted water, 2, 15
Water
available, 12
capillary, 12
dirty, 10
gravitational, 12
hygroscopic, 12
meter, 10
movement
horizontal, 11
vertical, 11
pressure, 10, 63
quality, 10
requirement, 19
calculating, 21
dense plants, 24
sparse plants, 24
source, 10
Water requirement, 19, 21, 51
dense hydrozone, 21
dense plants, 24
individual plants, 24
sparse plants, 24
Watering
depth, minimum desired, 36
window, 30
Well water, 10
Wet/dry cycle, 3
Wetted diameter, maximum, 13
Wetting pattern, 13
emission device, 52
maximum, 13
Wilting point, permanent, 12
Window, watering, 30
Worksheet
Dense Hydrozone Design, 20
Site Data, 9
Sparse Hydrozone Design, 20
—X—
Xeri-Bird-8, 32
Xeri-Bubblers, 32, 52
Xeri-Bug Single Outlet Emitter, 32, 52
Xeri-Pop Micro-Spray Pop-Ups, 32, 38
Xerigation, 1
design, 6
products, 32, 99
Xeriscape, 1
Xeri-Sprays, 32, 38
Page 106 Index
—M—
Maintenance, 74
Maximum emission device spacing, 37
Maximum infiltration rate, 13
Maximum lateral lengths, 68
Maximum system run time, 46
Maximum wetted diameter, 13
Maximum wetting patterns, 13
Mesh, 10
Meter, water, 10
Microclimate, 23
Microclimate factor, 23
Micro-sprays, 32, 43
Minimum area to be wetted, 40
Minimum desired watering depth, 36
Minimum watering depth, 36
Multi-outlet Shrub Xeri-Bug, 32, 52
Multi-outlet Xeri-Bug, 32, 52
—N—
Non-base plants, irrigating, 51
—O—
Outlet, 32
—P—
Permanent wilting point, 12
PET, 13, 21, 81
Plant
base, dense hydrozone, 21
canopy, 25
diameter, 24
dominant, 21
factor, 21
species, 22
water requirement, 19
Planting scheme, 21
Plants
dense, 7
selecting emission devices, 32
water requirement, 24
individual, 7
water requirement, 24
sparse, 7
selecting emission devices, 37
water requirement, 24
Plants, non-base
irrigating, 51
Potential evaportranspiration, 13, 21, 81
Pressure
dynamic, 63
loss, 63, 85
lateral pipe, 70
valve, 70
static, 10, 63
water, 63
Pressure Compensating Modules, 32, 52
Pressure compensation, 32
Products, Xerigation, 32, 99
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