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We offer weekly watering recommendations to give your yard just the right amount to drink.
If you choose to water your lawn, follow Oregon State University Extension Service guidelines to maintain a healthy lawn in western Oregon. Watering is only one step for keeping your grass green throughout the summer.
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2023 Weekly Watering Recommendations are closed for the season! Fall rains signal the end of the watering season. If you have an automated sprinkler timer, make sure it is turned off. Shut off the main water supply to your sprinkler system and drain the water out of the sprinkler pipes from your drain valves and backflow assembly. We will be back next year with new tips, tricks, and information to help keep your yards beautiful while being good stewards of local water resources!
DIY Watering Gauge
In the spirit of waste reduction, we are no longer providing watering gauges. Over the past few years, we estimate we have distributed over 80,000 gauges in the Eugene community. If you don't have a gauge, you can easily make one from a tuna can.
- Place a measuring strip inside a tuna can and place it in your landscape where it will receive an average amount of water from the sprinkler, and then turn on the sprinkler.
- Alternatively, you can use a measuring tape and a permanent marker to measure and mark your measuring device if you don't have a measuring strip.
- Turn off the sprinkler when the amount in the tuna can matches the recommended amout of water for that week.
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