Full Product Manual

Table Of Contents
—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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