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Urban Mobile Irrigation Labs
A letter of thanks to the Lee County MIL
Counties served: Collier
and Lee Counties
BCB Quarterly Reports
Lee Quarterly Reports
The Big Cypress Basin
Mobile Irrigation Lab (MIL) is a cooperative project of the
Collier Soil & Water Conservation District, Big Cypress Basin of
the South Florida Water Management District, and USDA - Natural
Resources Conservation Service. The purpose of the MIL is
to promote water conservation. The MIL accomplishes this
by providing urban irrigation system evaluations, and by
expanding conservation education and outreach programs.
The Urban MILs are a FREE
and CONFIDENTIAL service that serves Collier and Lee Counties.
The Urban MIL
evaluations are performed by:
Bill
Gaddis (Collier County)
James "Nik" Nikolich (Lee
County)
Mobile Irrigation Labs
The Mobile
Irrigation Labs (MILs) conduct extensive irrigation system
evaluations, measuring flow rates and pressures, testing water
quality, and analyzing water management strategies. The
information gathered is used to make recommendations for
improvements to the system for water conservation and for the
health of the plants. Physical improvements that can increase
the efficiency of the irrigation system are detailed, as well as
scheduling and water management recommendations.
Follow-up
evaluations are conducted after improvements are made to measure
actual water savings and to improve MIL procedures. Both
potential and actual water savings number in the millions of
gallons per year, and the MIL is considered to be an effective
conservation program by numerous government agencies.
The MILs also
participate in outreach and education in coordination with the
Rookery Bay Natural Estuarine Research Reserve, the University
of Florida
Best Management Practices program, the
University of
Florida Extension Service, and the Master Gardener program.
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