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Board debates drip-irrigation limits, testing requirements and leak detection
Summary
Members debated a proposal to limit drip irrigation to establishment use (and removal after three years unless fed by an approved source) and agreed that nearshore chloride testing should determine whether systems may remain; they also instructed staff to add leak-detection and related irrigation-control requirements to the code and reiterated that turf irrigation may not connect to public water.
Councilors reviewed proposed irrigation code language that would allow drip irrigation primarily for plant establishment and would require removal after three years unless the system is fed by an approved source. Some members said removal is burdensome and that continued use should be allowed where chloride testing in the nearshore overlay shows no water-quality harm.
The board directed staff to clarify the code language so the purpose of drip irrigation is the establishment of plantings and to include chloride (or similar) testing requirements where irrigation is located in sensitive nearshore areas. Members also agreed to add leak-detection devices and other standard irrigation plan elements (master valve, rain sensor, backflow prevention, time clock and head counts) to the permit checklist, and confirmed turf irrigation systems are prohibited from connecting to public water supplies.
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