ICC and ASABE Announce New Landscape Irrigation Sprinkler Standard
First ANSI standard to establish uniform testing procedures for key landscape and irrigation systems components.
The International Code Council and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announce the release of a new ANSI consensus standard to classify sprinkler and drip irrigation systems, set uniform testing procedures, and establish minimum design and performance requirements for commercial and residential landscape irrigation components. The ASABE/ICC 802-2014 Landscape Irrigation Sprinkler and Emitter Standard represents collaboration among a wide range of industry stakeholders, including representatives from major manufacturers, the U.S. EPA WaterSense Program, the Irrigation Association, the Alliance for Water Efficiency, major water utilities, landscape architects, regulators and academia. Timothy Malooly, President of Water in Motion, Inc., chaired the collaborative standard development team and Brent Q. Mecham, industry development director from the Irrigation Association, was vice chair.
The standard specifically defines and categorizes various types of devices, including sprays, rotors, multi-stream/multi-trajectory nozzles, bubblers, drip emitters and microsprays. It also addresses standardized test procedures for common test parameters including flow rate, distance of throw and uniformity.
"For the first time, the industry has a standard that establishes uniform testing procedures for key components of landscape irrigation systems," said Dominic Sims, CBO, ICC CEO. "We are confident this standard will ensure landscape irrigation professionals have access to performance information that is consistent between manufacturers to support the design of efficient, water-smart systems with greater consistency and performance." |
