Urban/Residential

An important component of urban and residential water use is lawn and garden irrigation. If you are looking to reduce your water consumption and your bill, watch these videos for some helpful tips regarding sprinkler use:

 

Sprinkler Evaporation

 

Sprinkler Maintenance

 

Irrigation Technology Presentation

 

Additional resources:

• Home Water Conservation – Fact sheet containing numerous household tips to conserve home water use both indoors and outdoors, as well as a list of drought-resistant landscape plants.
• Protecting Water Quality by Properly Managing Pet Waste – Podcast* by John Pennington, Washington County Extension Agent
• Safe Medicine Disposal in Arkansas – Fact sheet containing information across various dimensions of the issue of safe medicine disposal.
• What is Water Quality? – Fact sheet containing general information about the definition of water quality, how measurements occur, definitions of water body uses, and more.

* View the podcast as it is imbedded on the site listed above, or click the “Download” button on the upper right corner of that site to view the full size.