Summer is back again as of the end of this week and we are back into routine maintenance with a greens aeration and the club championship both out of the way. As usual, we will continue to tie up lose ends (cart path edges, rock wall maintenance, etc., etc.) and try to keep on top of keeping things growing until the cooler nights of August. The biggest stress developing is the continual drop of the St. Mary river as the run off winds down. I will post river pictures with each post so people get an understanding of the struggles we face every July/August/September with respect to our water supply. This months pictures were taken July 16:
Looking up river at water flowing past pump
intake located on the right side of picture
Looking up river at the main river with
golf course owned land on the right
Presently, we are able to draw about 400 GPM (gallons per minute) with two pumps operated by electric motors. Typically, by August the river will drop to a level where we will only be able to run one pump at around 220 GPM which is just enough to keep reservoir supplied since we usually irrigate considerably less during August and into September. Just a reminder that if you click on each picture it will increase in size and one more click on the picture will allow you to zoom in.
