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Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector
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: Received: 24 July 2023 / Approved: 25 July 2023 / Online: 25 July 2023 (13:11:37 CEST)
How to cite:
Blanchard, D. Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector. Preprints2023, 2023071721. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1721.v1
Blanchard, D. Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector. Preprints 2023, 2023071721. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1721.v1
Blanchard, D. Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector. Preprints2023, 2023071721. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1721.v1
APA Style
Blanchard, D. (2023). Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1721.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Blanchard, D. 2023 "Application of the Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (Slide) Rule for Outdoor Water Conservation for the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (Ici) Sector" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1721.v1
Abstract
In times of water scarcity, water conservation measures from authorities are primarily directed to the residential sector—homeowners and renters who engage in individual activities to reduce water consumption. Business owners, manufacturers, and institutional workers—the ICI sector, generally, do not receive targeted information and education on water savings measures, and when they do, the information, typically, refers to indoor technologies, and behavior choice. In answer to this shortfall, this research illustrates how the ICI sector might engage in outdoor water conservation and, thus, realize water savings using the well-established Pittenger’s Simplified Landscape Irrigation Design Estimation (SLIDE) formula that estimates outdoor water conservation/savings for the lesser studied industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) sector. We applied the SLIDE formula five diverse climate areas in Texas to demonstrate the potential water savings in each, as well as identifying the type of water technology measures that yielded the greatest water savings for outdoor ICI landscapes. Overall, the greatest water savings for outdoor ICI landscapes was realized through smartscape design with soil moisture sensors-SMS technology, second best. Our findings will provide ICI facility owners/managers with knowledge and examples of a simplified system for quantitative decision making when considering choices among technologies and/or practices toward outdoor water conservation for their own facilities.
Keywords
Water scarcity; water conservation-ICI sector; Pittenger SLIDE formula; landscape irrigation; outdoor water savings technologies; scenario analysis water and climate types
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Water Science and Technology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
