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Objectives. • Develop an electronic reporting system that links its website to the existing maintenance program. This will include an automatic email response when the problem is fixed. • Keep current on technology upgrades, best management practices, and training. • Improve irrigation cycles and timing. • Restrict permitted use on sports fields to reduce usage and thus reduce/modify field refurbishments with less intensive water use. • Hire additional staff with primary duties for water conservation. Challenges: • Costs of creating and maintaining advanced technological systems. • Parks have a limited watering window; typical irrigation occurs after l o:oo p.m., when the parks are closed, in an effort to have the irrigation off by early morning so patrons using the park the next day enjoy a relatively dry park. This leaves a much shorter time "window" to water a large park. in order to meet this limited irrigation window, at some locations — especially sports fields — watering may be spread over five or six nights per week. Because of the size of the parks, the number of irrigation stations and the limited time window, it may not be physically possible to irrigate in only three days in a week. • Community expectations of field availability; loss of revenue from permitted groups. • Costs of adding additional staff. �. Install Water Conservation Devices in Existing Buildings and Parks Current Practice: • The District uses low volume urinals and toilets; approximately 50% fitted with infra -red automatic valves. • Tennis courts are cleaned on an as needed basis, the District utilizes high-pressure, low volume cleaning equipment. • The District utilizes water budgeting equipment, iCentral satellite -based controllers, automatic valve shutdown, pumps, and gate valves for maintenance projects. These products are used to minimize waste during routine maintenance by allowing staff to close the irrigation network piping to avoid draining large quantities of water prior to repair. goo percent of the 1o,000 irrigation heads within the Park District are now operated by these iCentral Controllers. • The District is complete in installing master flow valves, flow sensors, and low water use irrigation heads at larger parks and continues to install isolation valves at various parks. P a g e 18 October 2021