Admin/Safety
General Water Conservation
Heads/Nozzles
General Irrigation
Controllers
100

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?

100

Where customers can view their own daily and hourly water use

What is MyWater?

100

Two most common types of heads

What is a spray and a rotor?

100

Will cause a fine mist, overspray, a distorted spray pattern and more water use than the intended.

What is high pressure?

100

The irrigation method applied to clay soils to ensure water isn't wasted

What is cycle soak?

200

The tool we use for time entry

What is JDE?

200

The main goal of the Water Efficiency Plan

What is reduce use to 130 GPCD by 2030?

200

Recommended watering schedule for spray heads

What is 2 days a week at 6-9 minutes?

200

A term used to describe/measure how evenly water is applied by a sprinkler system

What is distribution of uniformity (DU)?
200

Controller function used to manage irrigation amounts/run-times throughout the summer

What is seasonal adjust?

300

The 2023 goal for total number of checkups completed

What is 400 

(Bonus: 175 for FCU, 150 for FCLWD, 75 for ELCO)

300

The sq. ft. required to be converted in order to get $750 XIP rebate

What is 1,000 sq. ft.?

300

Recommended watering schedule for rotor heads

What is 2 days a week 16-20 minutes?

300

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?

300

Time needed between cycles for each zone, for water to effectively infiltrate

What is 30-60 minutes?

400

Best way to get help with IT stuff.

What is IT Service Portal (through City Hub)

400

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.)

400

Delivers water in a slow consistent rate, such as 1-2 gallons per hour

What is drip emitter?

400

The proportion of outdoor water use, consumed by Utilities customers each year

What is 40%?

400

The notable advantage of a smart controller

What is adjusts for weather  - recent and forecast? Fun phone apps too!

500

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)

500

The year the sprinkler audit program first started

What is 1999?

500

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?

500

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?

500

The rebate amount available to Utilities customers only for a smart controller

What is up to $50?