Gateway Irrigation Association provides education to the public and various agencies regarding the effective and appropriate uses of landscape engineering.
There will be a full backflow preventer certification class held in January or February of 2010. Go to www.kcbackflow.com for dates, locations and registration information.
St. Louis County Revised Plumbing Code adoption is expected in early 2010. New wording covering rainwater harvesting is included. So far, it is very general and inclusive. Code officials recognize lawn sprinkler systems as the single largest potential use for harvested rainwater. Expect more detailed restrictions and requirements on this emerging industry in future code revisions.
The GIA is planning to sponsor a Certified Irrigation Contractor Class in the spring of 2010. Anyone interested in participating should contact Keith Schweiger to put their name on the list.
The Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor class in the fall of 2009 has been canceled due to lack of interest and cost. The GIA is planning to reschedule this class for the spring of 2010 to correlate with the CIC class.
St Louis County
St Louis County Code Section 211.0 Irrigation Backflow Assembly - An assembly consisting of a Reduced Pressure Zone Backflow Device and a properly sized Shock Arrestor located downstream and within 12 inches of the backflow device. This is new!
City of Chesterfield The city of Chesterfield requires 2 seperate forms:
Sprinkler Hold Harmless Agreement
and
Irrigation Backflow Prevention Permit.
Penny King (636-537-4761), who is overseeing these new codes, will be able to give you the information and steps to follow.
O'Fallon, MOwww.ofallon.mo.us/forms.htm
Thanks to John Littrell, at John Littrell Irrigation and Tabitha Davis, at Harvestowne Irrigation, for providing the GIA with more information.
