Want to save money on watering your lawn? Find out how!

The initial cost of establishing new sod there could be a good amount of savings with a "second meter" (newly sodded lawns should be watered once or twice a day for the first seven to 10 days). When building a new home, an important topic with the home builder is an irrigation meter. Oftentimes, when the house is built, and the landscaping is being installed a sprinkler system with a timer is being used by the builder and the new homeowner is responsible for the expense associated with watering the lawn.

In general, it is best to ensure your lawn receives at least one inch of water per week.  However, it may need more or less depending on environmental conditions.

Before watering, scatter several containers around your yard. After watering, use a ruler to measure the water’s depth in each container. This will tell you how much water areas of your lawn are receiving.

To determine the square footage of your lawn, multiply the length of your lawn by the width of your lawn. The average residential lawn in the United States is about a quarter of an acre or 10,871 square feet. It takes approximately 0.623 gallons of water per square foot to cover your lawn with one inch of water.

For example, for purposes, let’s use the American average lawn size of 10,871. Multiply 10,871 square feet by 0.623. That results in an average American homeowner needing to distribute about 6,772 gallons of water a week. This is water used in addition to the typical water use inside the home. A good source of Lawn Care Best Practices is https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2001/5-25-2001/waterlawn.html

Again, this doesn’t take into consideration environmental conditions. Environment impacts may be soil quality, grass species, topography (grading) of a lawn, landscaping, and rain/humidity.

With a “second meter,” you do not pay sewer fees. When establishing a lawn or maintaining a lawn, there will be a good amount of savings. Today you would save $11.67 per 1,000 gallons every time you use your outside faucets. An average household might use about 6,772 gallons to water a lawn.

Without a “second meter,” you would pay $85.83 in sewer fees a week, in addition to the cost of the water.

During the winter months when the “second meter” is not being used, you pay a monthly $6.80 availability fee.

Learn more here https://www.cityofbondurant.com/utilities-department/pages/irrigation-meters