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TEXAS LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
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Pressure Help eliminate misting or fogging at the
compensating sprinkler heads
devices help save
water because
they?
Landscape The art and management of applying
Irrigation water to landscape in a manner to
encourage growth of plant
material and support water
conservation
Irrigation sensors (Measure rain, wind, soil moisture,
and freeze) that save water and
eliminate liability issues concerning
ice related accidents during
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Pressure Regulation Devices which eliminate misting or
Device fogging at the sprinkler heads, thus
achieving better uniformity and
saving water
The practice of zoning an irrigation system
Hydrozoning based on similar plant material with
similar watering reguirements due to
environmental and or geographic
influences including, but not limited
to, soil type, slope, site orientation,
and solar radiation
Responsibility to educate, promote,
Licensed landscape support and practice water
irrigators conservation in the landscape
irrigation industry in order to
preserve one of out most
precious
resources on earth
Absorption Rate The speed at which water can penetrate or
infiltrate the soil
Actual Head The operating pressure measured at the
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Pressure base of a sprinkler head.
Actual head (Static pressure) - (Total pressure lost) =
pressure formula Actual head pressure
an approved Air gap is the
unobstructed vertical distance
air gap through free atmosphere between
the lowest point of a water supply
outlet and the flood level rim of the
fixture or assembly into which the
outlet discharges. Physical
seperation must be at least twice the
diameter of the water supply outlet
but never less than 1"
Most common air Kitchen sink
gap?
Application Rate Rate at which water is applied by sprinkler
(Precipitation rate) heads in a certain pattern.
For irrigation A great design
contractors, water
conservation
starts with?
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