In yesterday's blog I talked about the fragile state of our old system, which ultimately proves the need for the new. To date, we are not irrigating.
These photos are from yesterday's attempts to repair the old system to begin getting water to the back nine. Stephanie is battling groundwater to replace a 2 inch pvc "T" near the 12th tee box. Below are a couple of LUI crew members fixing a broken swing joint on the 11th hole that gave way as well. After two days of trying to pressurize, we have had 7 breaks. When turning on the pumps to pressurize we can not start with small areas. We can only maintain 6 holes and the driving range as one area. This takes longer to fill those lines and stabilize them at 120 psi. On the new system, we will have the capability of pressurizing one hole at a time. We'll also be able to isolate 6-8 sprinkler heads instead of 6-8 holes in case of a break. We're just striving to be more efficient.
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