Homeowners Irrigation Testing Hours are Wednesday and Saturday 10am-2pm

Irrigation in River Plantation

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๐ˆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž (September 2023)

As you know, we have been working hard to improve the reliability and service level of our community irrigation system. In the past few weeks, we have made numerous enhancements including improvements to pressure levels. Work is still ongoing to upgrade the equipment. As the system is working much better now, we will be putting the pumps back on their schedule.
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๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐Ÿด๐—”๐—  – ๐Ÿฐ๐—ฃ๐— )
๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐Ÿฐ๐—ฃ๐—  – ๐Ÿด๐—”๐— )
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Residents ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† windows.
๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐— -๐Ÿฎ๐—ฃ๐— )
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๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† is ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ for ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’๐’š (i.e. residents are not supposed to be watering on Sunday)
๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘  20 ๐‘š๐‘โ„Ž. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ .
This scheduling is in place to reduce the duty cycle on the pumps and conserve the water. Some residents have been watering in the middle of the day and/or outside of their prescribed watering schedule. Note that watering during the day is a waste of the water as more than 50% of the water is lost to evaporation; it is also a violation of our watering rules. Some may not be aware their home sprinkler system is watering at strange times as sprinkler controllers can lose their schedule due to power outages. Controllers have a battery backup, but if that battery fails, the controller clock no longer holds the correct time, throwing off the schedule. On that point, we encourage residents to check their sprinkler controllers to ensure clocks are set to the correct time and verify the schedules to ensure you are watering at the correct time periods per your prescribed watering schedules.
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ย  If you see something that appears to be a problem, please report to irrigation@River-Plantation.com
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New residents are often pleased when they learn that the HOA provides the water for theirย irrigation, saving them a lot of money that would normally be charged by using county water.ย  This is provided using funds paid for in your HOA dues.ย  There is a fairly complex system including 3 large wells to distribute the water to not only each home, but also our common areas.ย 
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Our water usage as a community isย governed by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SFWMD โ€“ often said as โ€œSwift Mudโ€).ย  They determine how often you can water.ย  ย  Each home should have a โ€œtagโ€ glued down at the curb in front of their home which gives the range of time to run the cycle.ย  Additional watering puts our community in jeopardy of sanctions from SFWMD and therefore residents can be fined for excessive watering.ย  If you are unsure of your watering time, contact the management company.
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If you are conducting a landscaping project or installing a new lawn, please email our management company and request additional watering.ย  You will be given an exemption for the period of time for your new plantings.ย ย 

See a problem?ย  REPORT IT to irrigation@river-plantation.com