Operations & Maintenance

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What is inside

1. 00
   The first thing to understandThe rules that keep the system alive, how it differs from a sprinkler system, and why the job is managing a level rather than an application.
2. 01
   The system you inheritedWhat is under the surface, the controls that can be touched, what the handover pack should contain, and what to do if it is missing.
3. 02
   The duty cycleThe charging pulse and why it matters, the normal regime, the false charge, seasonal adjustment, setting the level, rain and restart, and leaching.
4. 03
   The inspection routineThe master schedule, the reservoir, inlet vaults and balance, drain vaults, and reading the surface.
5. 04
   Aeration and the black plug layerWhat the black plug layer is and how to find it, why sand still needs aerating, what blocks the pathway, and the routine.
6. 05
   Nutrition in a sand profileWhy washed sand needs a programme, the essential elements, fertigation without emitters, the testing regime and reading a laboratory report.
7. 06
   SalinityWhy salt accumulates, the mechanisms that manage it, ground covers as bio-filters, thresholds and sampling, and what fresh-water sites still watch.
8. 07
   TurfEstablishment, mowing, overseeding into sand, and wear, recovery and renovation.
9. 08
   Trees, shrubs and plantingEstablishment, what must never be done inside a lined cell, species for a saline regime, and replacing a plant.
10. 09
    When something is wrongHow to work through a fault, then water and level faults, surface and profile faults, plant faults, brown patches and failing trees.
11. 10
    Monitoring and recordsWhat to record and why, instrumented monitoring, placement, calibration and drift, and the annual review.
12. A to F
    AppendicesOperating log sheets, your commissioned settings, the year at a glance, a fault-finding index, the glossary, and changing the grounds contractor.