Puddle-Stompers

Resource Library

Puddle-Stompers is happy to share our favorite resources with you, organized by subject. (updated 3/5/21)

Drip Irrigation

• Tool: Drip pressure gauge: Kris Loomis built a pressure gauge that can be used to check the pressure anywhere in a drip zone - great for troubleshooting and for ensuring the drip has been designed correctly. Find it sold on ebay as “Drip irrigation pressure testing tool” here. Or see Lori's blog post about it, with a link to Kris's video demonstrating it.
• Video: Very fun sub-surface drip installation with Mark Hall of Rain Bird
• Video: Another great inline drip installation demo by Mark Hall
• PDF: Drip layouts by Scott Sommerfeld, irrigation expert Drip Grids, Snakes, and Rings
• Hunter Industries Design and Technical Guides
• Netafim Landscape & Turf Product Catalog (Design and installation guides)
• Rain Bird drip design guide for line source (grids) only
• Rain Bird drip design guide for point source and line source
• Hunter Dripline Calculator
• Rain Bird Drip Calculators
• Netafim Techline Calculator App

Irrigation Design

• Video: How to Design an Irrigation System A fantastic 26-minute video course on irrigation design by K-Rain (well done, K-Rain people!)
• Video: Rain Bird will design it for you, or for homeowners: Rain Bird Sprinkler Design Service for Homeowners
• Video: These are pool guys who explain irrigation design so very well! Irrigation System Design and Installation TheMichaelChaffee
• PDF Design Guide: Hunter residential sprinkler design guide for homeowners with guide and graph paper (does not include drip) Hunter Design Guide
• IrrigationTutorials.com is a fantastic comprehensive guide for irrigation design. The following link takes you to the page where it is explained how to determine the maximum safe flow for irrigation systems. IrrigationTutorials.com

Irrigation Hydraulics

• Video: Water,Pressure, Flow, and Pipe Size, Part 1 Phil Busey, Agronomy Consulting, Inc., Davie, FL
• Video: Water,Pressure, Flow, and Pipe Size, Part 2 Phil Busey

Irrigation System Installation

• Video: Irrigation System Installation, Part 1 This is a marvelous demonstration by Rain Bird
• Video: Irrigation System Installation, Part 2 This is the second part of the video above by Rain Bird

Irrigation Troubleshooting and Repair

• Video: How to Troubleshoot Sprinkler System Problems (Ewing Irrigation)
• Video: How to Troubleshoot Landscape Products EZ-ID CV Dripline Great explanation of how to troubleshoot emitterline (Ewing Irrigation)
• Video: Troubleshooting an Irrigation Zone That Won't Operate (Regency Wire and Cable)
• Video: How Does a Valve Work? Hunter Industries
• Video: How Do Valves Work? Rain Bird
• PDF: Regency Wire and Cable's step-by-step guide to Electrical Troubleshooting
• Article: Detectives of Irrigation (article on irrigation troubleshooting in Irrigation and Green Industry Magazine)
• Video: Backflow Prevention - How to Troubleshoot Relief Valve Discharge Zurn Wilkins

Irrigation Training and Classes

• QWEL - Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper QWEL.net
• Irrigation Association education Irrigation.org
• Hunter online education and training Hunter Industries website
• Rain Bird education and training Rain Bird website
• Ewing Irrigation education and training Ewing Irrigation website
• Irrigator Tech, Ontario, CA. Teaching classes in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Technical Training School
• Irritech Training - online classes to train irrigation contractors and technicians - Irritech Training
• Rob Littlepage, California landscape architect and educator. Class on Udemy Water-Wise Irrigation Design - Step-by-Step
• Rob Littlepage's Drip Design class on Udemy Drip Irrigation Design and Installation for Beginners
• Excellent Hunter self-study irrigation design guide and workbook (161 pages) here

Miscellaneous Irrigation

• Many great books on various irrigation subjects at the IA Bookstore
• Wonderful all-in-one irrigation training manual for design, installation, maintenance, scheduling, and water management Texas Landscape and Irrigation Training and Maintenance Manual by Phil Sheppard
• Jess Stryker, California landscape architect - his amazing website with everything you could ever want to know about irrigation IrrigationTutorials.com
• CIMIS regions map (PDF) California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) color map that shows reference evapotranspiration (ETo) zones in California.
• Puddle-Stompers Irrigation Formulas sheet compiled by Lori Palmquist (PDF)
• Irrigation Association Friction Loss Charts (PDF)

Drawing Software and Apps

• CAD software program Lori Palmquist uses for irrigation design. The cost currently from Software Republic is $35 for 30 days. How can you possibly beat that? Pro Contractor Studio
• Free vector drawing app vectr.com
• Square footage calculator sketchandcalc.com

Determining Soil Texture

• Guide to determining soil texture by feel from Cosumnes River College