On the mornings of Friday July 22nd and Saturday July 23rd Island Gate board members spent time with our sprinkler vendor Crowley Irrigation. The board was briefed on how the system works and the different features of the system. Here are some of the facts the board learned and actions the board has taken as a result.
There are two retention ponds that serve our community the Bay Ave pond and the Rt 72 pond. Each pond has a pump site which controls 23 sprinkler zones on the 72 side and 21 zones on the Bay ave side. The pump sites have now been secured as a result of our tour. The sprinklers have also been reset to start at 10 pm with 100 percent flow allocated to each zone everyday for 30 minutes. Given each zone is on for 30 minutes sprinkler flow will end at approximately 9am. One particular board member verified that every zone worked and for it's allotted time.
The board members also noticed there are limited numbers of burned out grass spots, good news in light of the recent heat.
In about two weeks Crowley will be here to test all the zones again and the performance of each sprinkler head.
Please let the board know if you have any comments or questions.
