One of the test areas injected with Aqua Cents that is looking green and healthy.
Dave Salter from the City of Roseville reports that their beta test is going well. They have told their irrigation staff to water for the needs of the turf and soil moisture depth on both the test (Aqua Cents) and control areas. As of July 16, the Aqua Cents areas are requiring about 33% less water than the control areas.
Below are photos of the 2 beta areas at Mission Murray and a quick testimonial from Javier Gonzalez:
“We are currently showing roughly 20% water savings on both of the areas here at Mission Murray. We will be collecting data from the past several years and comparing it to the Aqua Cents treated areas in a 52-week trial.”
Before:
During the Process:
Four weeks ago Javier cut the water usage by 50% which led to visual stress caused by the existing irrigation system. Two weeks ago, Javier used a slow release fertilizer and is currently watering at 100% of ETc to get the turf to rebound before we begin cutting the water usage again.
Aqua Cents crew will head to Roseville on June 7 and begin injection of field #3. City of Roseville Parks Supervisor Dave Salter, will have the field mowed on Monday, June 5, along with the irrigation shut off to prep the soil for the injection process. Dave and his crew are looking forward to making Aqua Cents a success at Maidu!
Aqua Cents is proud to announce the partnership with Cagwin & Dorward and the City of Roseville, California on a beta site at Maidu Regional Park.
We will be injecting at Maidu Regional Park field #3 on June 5-9, 2017.
Doug Devol, Operations Manager with Cagwin & Dorward (our landscape contractor beta partner) along with Patrick Daly with the City of Roseville will be hands on to ensure the success of this Beta Site.
