ASABE Standard helps determine landscape plant water demand.
Press Release Summary:
ANSI/ASABE S623, Determining Landscape Plant Water Demands, contains information for calculating the amount of water required to sustain landscape plants for minimum acceptable appearance. Created in response to a request from the Irrigation Association, standard will prove useful for designers of landscapes and irrigation systems, landscape maintenance companies, and water purveyors.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Develops Standard for Determining Landscape Plant Water Demand
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN— The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has published a standard for determining the water demands of landscape plants.
ANSI/ASABE S623, Determining Landscape Plant Water Demands, contains information for calculating the amount of water required to sustain landscape plants for minimum acceptable appearance. The standard will prove useful for designers of landscapes and irrigation systems, landscape maintenance companies, and water purveyors.
Created in response to a request from the Irrigation Association (IA), the standard was developed by consensus by a committee of subject-area experts. Individuals from industry, academia, and public service provided input and included ASABE members, IA industry representatives, plant scientists, landscape architects, water purveyors, and regulatory-agency personnel.Â
ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the full-text of the standard by electronic download in about six weeks. Location for the download is on the ASABE online Technical Library at: elibrary.asabe.org. Others can obtain a copy for a fee directly from the library or by contacting ASABE headquarters at schultz@asabe.org.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 250 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at www.asabe.org/projects.
ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300, emailing hq@asabe.org or visiting www.asabe.org/.
