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Water Wasting FAIL!

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Letting your automatic sprinkler system run in the middle of a monsoon is a BIG water wasting FAIL!

This is a picture I snapped this morning in which a local apartment complex was cluelessly letting their automatic sprinkler system run on the 2nd day of a forecasted week long wash-out here in middle Tennessee…and it has been coming down in buckets! 

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The Irrigation Association says,

"Did you know that more than 50% of the water used by households goes to maintaining landscapes and lawns? You can help reduce your outdoor water use, keep your landscape more attractive and healthy—and save money every month on your water bill—by upgrading your landscape sprinkler system with a “smart” controller."

Very simply put, smart controllers utilize soil moisture sensors to automatically adjust your watering needs to the environmental conditions. Bada-bing, bada-boom.

So if you employ an automatic sprinkler system to maintain your landscape, upgrade to a smart controller and very possibly qualify for a $375 rebate.

Consider that your quick green tip o’ the day…

Jeffrey
Jeffrey

I think every little step toward living green is an awesome one… but eco-snobbery sucks! My goal is to help newbies learn the most important steps toward living green — individually and collectively. Personally, I strive to have as little impact as possible on Planet Earth while I'm here.

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Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: energy savings, landscaping, reduce, water

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JeffreyI think every little step toward living green is an awesome one... but eco-snobbery sucks! My goal is to help newbies learn the most important steps toward living green -- individually and collectively. Personally, I strive to have as little impact as possible on Planet Earth while I'm here.

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JoshuaAs an advocate for good health, I usually try to choose the 'greener' option over other more dangerous and/or wasteful options. Generally, if it's bad for your health or the planet, I try to avoid it. In my effort to live green... on a budget, I like to find new (healthier) budget-friendly ways to do things -- from eating and cleaning to recycling and home decorating. My goal is to help you take the chore out of living green by sharing fun new ecofriendly ideas that you can try today... or any day! My all-time favorite way to live green is to repurpose items and give them a new use -- I've written a lot of useful DIY articles.

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LynnetteMy experience with living green consists of taking baby steps (like making one big change each year as my New Year's resolution) -- because I've seen too many people burn out on trying to 'Save the Planet'. I share a lot of Simple Ways To Go Green, as I find new and successful strategies that have worked for me. While I'm baby-stepping my ecofriendly habits in life, you will find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites).

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