Landscape Water Management

Did you know that in California, over half of all residential and commercial water is used to irrigate landscaping and that between 20% and 50% of that landscape irrigation water is wasted? Although we had lots of rain this year (2011), the reality is that we live in a dry Mediterranean environment and periodic droughts are inevitable. In our current economic climate, government agencies will inevitably have to raise their water rates to cover the costs of providing water in order to balance their budgets.

Rob Lane of Rockrose Design specializes in helping residential and commercial property owners reduce their water bills by reducing the amount of water that is wasted by their irrigation systems. This is often due in part to broken and/or poorly adjusted systems, but is most often due to the fact that their irrigation controllers are programmed to give the landscape plantings more water than they actually require. When we over water, we jeopardize the health of our plantings and we often wash or leach toxic  landscape chemicals and bacteria into our groundwater, our creeks, storm drains and eventually the ocean.

Rob uses state of the art computer analysis to fine-tune irrigation systems to make sure landscapes receive just the right amount of water. He is able to help property owners reduce their irrigation use by up to 50% while maintaining healthy gardens, protecting a precious natural resource and, of course, saving money. And speaking of money, Rob’s fees are based upon the actual water and money saved.

Please contact Rob today to to receive more information about this exciting new program and to schedule a free consultation.