Irrigation&Drainage | Arapahoe Park and Recreation District
>> YOUTH ACTIVITIES keep the fields booked non-stop from spring to early winter. Subsurface irrigation is often run while games are underway.
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PORTS FIELD DESIGNER DOUG ROCKNE likes to tell the story of the soccer mom who praised the grounds crew at the Arapa- hoe Park and Recreation District, just south of Denver, because the turf looked so good last summer, even though the fields were never irrigated.
S 30 SportsTurf | June 2012
finds water management solutions with dripline
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a professional secret. The turf is frequently irrigated, even when games are going on, but no one ever notices. "'It's all underground . . . through
Could they give her husband some tips? "'Thanks,' said the crew, 'but we've got
driplines. We can irrigate any time of the day or night.' "And that's one of the key reasons we've installed dripline on Arapahoe's sports fields over the last 10 years," said Rockne, ASLA, president of Rockne Corty Design of Centennial, CO. Located at the top of the nation's watershed, the 12.5 square- mile Arapahoe Park and Rec District has the majestic Rocky Mountains as a back-
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