Water Conservation

Skidaway Audubon has taken a leadership role in providing information on water conservation, in conjunction with leadership from the Association, The Landings Club and Utilities Inc. The importance of meeting new withdrawal permit levels from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and staying informed about saltwater intrusion in the Floridan aquifer, from which we get our potable water, will continue to be a challenge going forward. In the year following our initial panel presentation, Our Island’s Water Conservation Imperative, Skidaway Audubon has responded to questions from the public in a monthly column in The Landings Journal. Questions can be emailed to info@skidawayaudubon.org and will be forwarded to experts for their answers which will appear in the column.

For additional information about Skidaway Audbon’s water conservation initiatives, email Donna Shea at dshea1013@gmail.com.

Participants in the 2010 panel discussion sponsored by Skidaway Audubon, Our Island’s Water Conservation Imperative, generously shared their expertise. From left, Moderator Bill Foster is a civil engineer who participated in initial planning at The Landings; Nancy Crawford is a native plant researcher; Sean Burgess is environmental coordinator of The Landings Association; Ray Harrington was area manager for Utilities Inc; and Mike Perham is The Landings Club director of golf course and grounds maintenance. Deatre Denion (not pictured) also participated. She manages the WaterFirst program at the Gerogia Department of Community Affairs.

 

 

Water Like the Pros Do

  • Using evapotranspiration date from the Georgia weather station located on Skidaway as a baseline for run times, our golf course superintendents can adjust each irrigation head on our golf courses individually based on environmental factors.
  • You can water like the pros do:
    1. Go to www.Georgiaweather.net
    2. Under “Select a Weather Station” on left side of home page, choose Skidaway
    3. Go to “Yesterday’s Conditions”
    4. Look down the list for Evapotranspiration data
    5. If value is below .10 Golf Maintenance will NOT water
    6. If value is above .12 Golf Maintenance will begin irrigating

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