Precision Irrigation we should practice what we preach...

Just went for a little drive for lunch on our sunny 22deg C Adelaide day and came across something interesting. A council (unnamed) were just installing some irrigation. As a water professional I took interest in what they were doing.

In fact only one of the six workers seemed to be doing anything at this time and he was sketching on a clipboard and paper the new irrigation system he just designed and installed. This new system had 20 year old technology sprinklers and water was running down the road (current best practice is lower volume larger droplet types).

They looked to be installing turf and trees which have differing hydrozones and were covered by the one system?

My rough calculations see this costing the community $ 1350 per year in excessive water plus the longer or shorter term loss of the trees, road damages or even higher water costs from over and under watering ?

Is our irrigation industry not getting the message through as this same person has attended a half day ($ 300 ) education workshop to produce this result!!!

How many times is this happening across the world right now...I shudder to think.