Cougar Irrigation, LLC

01/02/2025

𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝟒 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒚.
What does this mean for you?
No outdoor watering is allowed, this includes handheld watering.
Turn off all irrigation systems.
Be mindful of indoor water use.

❗𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝟦 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝟫.𝟢 𝘔𝘎𝘋❗
This is a planned upgrade to the water system.

Learn more about Phase 4 Water Conservation here: www.leandertx.gov/water

01/02/2025

10/18/2024

https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2024-10-17/austin-tx-no-rain-forecast-wildfire-risks-increase-dry-conditions

Signing the declarations is preemptive and allows the city and county to put resources into place to respond quickly should a fire start.

06/26/2024

Over the Father’s Day weekend, our Chef Cougar flew to Jackson, Mississippi to support a group friends school garden club. He and a group of volunteers installed a 8 zone irrigation systems supporting 18 corrugated metal raised beds. It was a hot and humid 10 hr days for 4 consecutive days. See some photos of the project.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School has a Garden Club/Junior Master Gardener program integrated into the school curriculum as part of their elementary school science class. Students meet before school starts to attend and manage the garden. They also host monthly community farmers market at their school.

Learn more about their initiatives at https://www.instagram.com/standrewsgardens.

11/07/2023

Let your voice be heard as the City of Austin considers updates to the Drought Contingency Plan

Our goal: Central Texas is currently experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions . Record high temperatures and low rainfall over the summer have taken a toll on the Lower Colorado River Basin and Lakes Travis and Buchanan the source of our water supply. To respond to this drought Austin Water...

08/12/2023

As of August 15th,2023, Austin is entering in Stage 2 watering restrictions. Watering is still 1 day a week but is being cut down from 13 hours per week down to 10 hours per week which is still a pretty large water window. Please note there are exemptions for drip irrigation, vegetable gardens, soaker hoses, tree bubblers, and power washing surfaces which can occur at anytime outside the 1 specified day for your property. If you need help with scheduling your clock timer to meet the restrictions, please SMS/text us @ 512-769-2351. For more info, see Austiin water utility page.

Watering Schedule Use the helpful tool below to find your watering day or scroll down to view the watering schedule and water use restrictions. Program your irrigation controller and set your watering schedule to improve irrigation efficiency with this helpful video. Find Your Watering Day

07/18/2022

Actually a pretty good article from the AAS. What they fail to mention is that 2022 has been HOTTER, WINDIER AND DRIER than the previous worse year for Central Texas when we were in a similar situation (2011) If you were here in Austin in 2011, remember 2011 had 90 days OVER 100F and another 90 days over 90F for a cumulative 180 days over 90F. That takes a huge toll on plants ( huge tree stress and turfgrass stress showing up as "leoparding or zebraing" in turf), animals ( deer, birds, etc all looking for water sources, insects lower flying insect numbers ( bad since these are our pollinators) and mosquitos down in sharp numbers ( good for disease spread, but temporary ) Continue to be diligent about water usage and electricity usage as the grid is also strained

Our most precious resource in our arid summers is fresh water stored in lakes, creeks, rivers and aquifers. The numbers right now don't look good.

05/06/2022

Check out our new website, https://cougarirrigation.com/. Send us a request via our site if you need your irrigation serviced or a new one installed.

02/21/2021

https://austintexas.gov/page/boil-water-notice-and-faqs

BOIL WATER NOTICE - Feb. 17, 2021 Austin Water has issued a city-wide boil water notice as a result of power loss and reduction of water pressure. Any water recovered from plumbing systems should be boiled before drinking or cooking, following guidelines below. ESPANOL - Se ha emitido un aviso de he...

02/22/2020

How a bubbler works. Rainbird 1401 1/4 GPM bubblers!

02/22/2020

Rainbirds lowest flow bubbler 1/4 gallon per minuted instaleld on Rainbird XFD Blank header tubbing, run at grade or on the soil to irrigate a row of hedges, 1 bubbler per hedge.

05/24/2019

Costco has a good deal a a 12 Zone rachio indoor controller. $199 online til 5/27 and I think I saw it for $186 @ my local warehouse in Austin. Seems like a Costco exclusive,
https://www.costco.com/Rachio-3-Smart-Sprinkler-Controller%2C-12-Zone.product.100481393.html
Usually the 8 stations are $229 and the 16 station are $279, Can also get the 8 sta for $199 and the 16 sta for $249 after discount direct from Rachio. Or same Prices on Amazon for 8 or 16 station.

Rachio 3 Smart Sprinkler Controller, 12-Zone