dyzzypyxxy said:Here in Sarasota County, we've been restricted to once a week watering for over 10 years. But they allow us to water every day, if you convert to, or install a micro-sprinkler system. We are also restricted to watering before 8am and after 6pm, so no watering in the heat of the day and winds of the afternoon either.
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There is one great way to get around that. When I lived in Jacksonville, I installed a water to air system. Unlike the normal heat pump which somehow extracts/evaporates heat from the air. A water to air system draws water from a shallow well. My 5 ton system required 9 or 10 gallons of water a minute. I lived on a corner lot, and owned a lot behind my house which extended behind my neighbor's house as well. I had viburnum and other shrubs around the perimeter, and PVC pipe running along under the shrubs. I drilled a hole in the pipe beside every shrub, and every time the a/c cycled in the summer, or the heat came on in the winter the water discharge took care of my shrubs very nicely.
It could also have run sprinklers, had I needed them.
the best part about it: such systems were/are exempt from water restrictions, and much of the water discharge eventually finds its way back into the ground water.
Oh, and in Florida, all ground water is a constant 72 deg. Which is why they're more efficient than air to air systems.
The system I installed in 1980 ran for 19 seasons, until I finally replaced it with a newer one.
That's 19 seasons with zero repairs. We had some trouble with the pump once, but never the system.
