{"product_id":"golf-course-irrigation-isbn-9780471148302","title":"Golf Course Irrigation","description":"\u003cb\u003eComplete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf courses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolf Course Irrigation\u003c\/i\u003e offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today's golf courses. Without manufacturers' bias, this useful resource provides hands-on guidance to the highest quality irrigation systems, including specifications and applications of the best pump stations, controllers, sprinkler heads, nozzles, valves, sensors, and other components that make the difference in top-quality irrigation systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTypically regarded as significant users of water, golf courses are under increasing scrutiny by governmental and environmental groups, making it essential that the up-to-date information found here-on such topics as water supply, plant irrigation requirements, application uniformity, and construction management-be at the fingertips of every golf course professional. While fostering the best playing conditions, these systems conserve water and energy with such technology as low-pressure heads and controls that use \"if\/then\" logic to automatically adjust to changing conditions, which can improve playability while saving money.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolf Course Irrigation\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical tool to help golf course architects, builders, superintendents, irrigation consultants, designers, and installers to improve aesthetics and playing conditions in the face of diminishing natural resources. It is also an informative reference for golf course owners, developers, local officials, students, and fans of the game. \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plant Irrigation Requirements 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Water Supply: Quantity and Quality 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Pump Stations 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Materials 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Design 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Construction Management 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Installation 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conservation 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Tables and Charts 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStandards 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES BARRETT\u003c\/b\u003e, ASIC, CID, CLIA, is the founder of James Barrett Associates, Inc., in Roseland, New Jersey. He has designed more than 260 golf course irrigation systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIAN VINCHESI\u003c\/b\u003e, ASIC, CID, CIC, CLIA, CGIA, CLIM, is President of Irrigation Consulting, Inc., in Pepperell, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT DOBSON\u003c\/b\u003e, CID, CIC, is President of Middletown Sprinkler Company in Port Monmouth, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL ROCHE\u003c\/b\u003e, CID, CIC, CLIA, is Irrigation Division Manager at S.V. Moffett Co., Inc., in Rochester, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID ZOLDOSKE\u003c\/b\u003e, EdD, CID, is Director of the Center for Irrigation Technology at the California State University in Fresno.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf courses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolf Course Irrigation\u003c\/i\u003e offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today's golf courses. 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While fostering the best playing conditions, these systems conserve water and energy with such technology as low-pressure heads and controls that use \"if\/then\" logic to automatically adjust to changing conditions, which can improve playability while saving money.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolf Course Irrigation\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical tool to help golf course architects, builders, superintendents, irrigation consultants, designers, and installers to improve aesthetics and playing conditions in the face of diminishing natural resources. 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