| As the availability of drinking water becomes | | | | use up to 30% less water than conventional |
| scarcer, efforts to preserve water will intensify. | | | | sprinklers. Popular water-efficient lawn sprinklers in |
| These efforts will be driven both by | | | | the market include those which are designed with |
| environmental activism and the increasing cost of | | | | heart-shaped heads that shatter water droplets |
| water. This is due to the fact that our current | | | | into a fine mist, thereby improving the delivery of |
| water supplies are being attacked by both | | | | water to the root zone of your lawn or garden. |
| global-warming, and by human industrialization. If | | | | Not only do these sprinklers utilize less water, but |
| this persists, many of the world's most fertile land | | | | the mist that is produced provides a more |
| will be turned into arid deserts in the next few | | | | uniform coverage (up to 1200 feet with no halo |
| decades. | | | | effect) than does a traditional lawn sprinkler. |
| So what can we do as a home-owner to | | | | Want to do something about our rapid |
| conserve water? We need to keep our lawns | | | | consumption of raw materials? Plastics have |
| green, but not everyone has the time or the | | | | become an indispensable part of our daily life. But |
| extra income to have a lawn manually-watered | | | | repeated reprocessing of plastic waste, and its |
| from a rain barrel. A good first step would be to | | | | disposal, causes environmental problems, poses |
| examine the garden sprinkler system that you | | | | health hazards, and is a public nuisance. To help |
| use to water your lawn. | | | | alleviate this problem, invest in lawn sprinklers that |
| Lawn sprinklers can be wasteful. It doesn't take | | | | are made from 100% environmentally-friendly |
| long for a sprinkler to soak your lawn thoroughly, | | | | recycled materials. For instance, the "Eco-Friendly |
| so use your garden sprinkler sparingly, and only at | | | | Lawn Sprinkler"" is an environmentally-friendly |
| times allowed by your municipality. Please keep in | | | | sprinkler that not only helps conserve water, but |
| mind that a sprinkler can use as much water in an | | | | is also manufactured from recycled plastics. |
| hour as a family of four will use in a day! | | | | Help us to make the earth a better place to live in |
| If your lawn absolutely needs a watering, invest in | | | | by being more considerate in your lawn-watering |
| water-efficient garden sprinklers. We recommend | | | | patterns. Please leave some water for your |
| that you invest in lawn sprinklers that are | | | | neighbours, and for the fish! |
| specially-designed water-efficient units; some will | | | | |