Episode 40 - Winterizing Your Irrigation System

It's our one-year podcast-aversary. Thanks for listening!

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Episode Highlights:

• [1:48] Elizabeth talks football - feel free to skip ahead unless you want to commiserate with her.
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• [​3:00] Brent's Travels - Brent discusses his recent travels, including the water situation in California.
  
  
• [4:20] The Birthday Game - Play along!
  
  
  • Will Smith
    
    
  • Mark Hamill
    
    
  • Senator Bill Cassidy
    
    
• [7:30] More football talk - Go ahead and listen. This is actually related to to water.
  
  
  • Gilette Stadium ran out of bottled water and charged fans $4.50 for a cup of tap water.
    
    
• [10:28] Winterizing your irrigation system - Now that it is fall, it's time to start thinking about system maintenance.
  
  
  • Winterize means getting the water out of the pipes and valves so they do not freeze.
    
    
  • It's done in areas where the ground freezes.
    
    
  • Can be challenging to DIY this. It is critical to hook up the air compressor to piping correctly.
    
    
  • Winterizing and other maintenance efforts are critical for the life of an irrigation system.
    
    
  • [25:03] Best practices for weatherizing - 1) Do not have too much pressure and 20 Do not wait until it is too late.
    
    
• [30:12] WaterSmart Innovations - We will be recording a podcast from Las Vegas again.
  
  
• [30:30] It's our 40th episode and our one-year podcast-aversary - Thank you for listening.
  
  
• [31:38] Save the Date! - We will be doing a LIVE podcast from the Irrigation Show on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Pacific. Stay tuned for more details.  
  
• [33:00] Brent's Tip of the Week - If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle
  
  
  
  
  
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