Admin/Safety
During a checkup, you always have these in your bins and can choose to wear them in case you or the customer prefers it.
What is a mask?
Where customers can view their own daily and hourly water use
What is MyWater?
Two most common types of heads
What is a spray and a rotor?
Will cause a fine mist, overspray, a distorted spray pattern and more water use than the intended.
What is high pressure?
The irrigation method applied to clay soils to ensure water isn't wasted
What is cycle soak?
The tool we use for time entry
What is JDE?
The main goal of the Water Efficiency Plan
What is reduce use to 130 GPCD by 2030?
Recommended watering schedule for spray heads
What is 2 days a week at 6-9 minutes?
A term used to describe/measure how evenly water is applied by a sprinkler system
Controller function used to manage irrigation amounts/run-times throughout the summer
What is seasonal adjust?
The 2023 goal for total number of checkups completed
What is 400
(Bonus: 175 for FCU, 150 for FCLWD, 75 for ELCO)
The sq. ft. required to be converted in order to get $750 XIP rebate
What is 1,000 sq. ft.?
Recommended watering schedule for rotor heads
What is 2 days a week 16-20 minutes?
The two most common residential areas easily converted from grass and overhead sprays to drip and drought tolerant landscaping.
What is the parking strip and driveway strip?
Time needed between cycles for each zone, for water to effectively infiltrate
What is 30-60 minutes?
Best way to get help with IT stuff.
What is IT Service Portal (through City Hub)
The current condition of our two water sources and message we're sharing with customers.
What is we have normal conditions this year and expect that our supplies are adequate to meet water demands without water restrictions. (Learn more at fcgov.com/water-supply.)
Delivers water in a slow consistent rate, such as 1-2 gallons per hour
What is drip emitter?
The proportion of outdoor water use, consumed by Utilities customers each year
What is 40%?
The notable advantage of a smart controller
What is adjusts for weather - recent and forecast? Fun phone apps too!
The 2 people you call when you're injured on the job.
Who is Alice and CitySafe? (or if it's really bad 911 1st)
The year the sprinkler audit program first started
What is 1999?
When installing a drip conversion kit on a zone, you want to ensure the converter is installed here to ensure all water is blown out when winterized and less freeze/break potential.
What is the last head in the zone?
The only irrigation water conservation requirement we have in Fort Collins Utilities when NOT in a water shortage
What is wasting water - prohibits irrigation or other water from running off one's property, prohibits leaks and overspraying onto sidewalks and other public rights of wayt too?
The rebate amount available to Utilities customers only for a smart controller
What is up to $50?