Learn more about watering and caring for your lawn in our arid, Colorado climate. Use the LISA toolkit to help you water more efficiently. Professional landscape irrigation audits can be costly. For this reason, Colorado State University Extension developed the LISA toolkit for homeowners to determine if their irrigation practices lead to overwatering or underwatering of lawns.
The LISA toolkit contains the necessary tools you need to measure your lawn’s water irrigation application rates. The toolkit focuses on lawns that are irrigated using sprinkler systems.
CSU Publications
- Determining Your Soil Type
- Inspecting and Correcting Lawn Irrigation
- Lawn Check
- Operating and Maintaining Lawn Irrigation
- Watering Established Lawns
- Home Sprinkler Systems: Backflow Prevention Devices
- Home Sprinkler Systems: Preparing Your Sprinkler System for winter
- Watering in Fall and Winter
- Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network (CoAgMet)
- Buffalograss Lawns
- Lawn Care
- Growing Turf on Salt-Affected Sites
- Sustainable Landscaping
Home and Garden
- Homeowner’s Guide to Alternative Pesticide Management for the Lawn & Garden
- Homeowner’s Guide to Fertilizing Your Lawn and Garden
- Homeowner’s Guide to Pesticide Use Around the Home & Garden
Water
Resources
- Irrigation Association: Standards
- Irrigation Association: Audit Guidelines
- Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District Resources
- Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District: Irrigation Systems
- Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District: Watering Guide
- Green Industries of Colorado (Landscaping Trade Group)
