Water Saving Tips for Your Lawn & Garden: Moisture Manager Program

Cut Your Watering Bill up to 50% with BestYard.com’s Moisture Manager Program!
  • Are you upset at the high costs of watering your yard?
  • Do you want to reduce your watering cost?
  • Are you concerned that drought conditions will damage your yard?
  • Do you still want to have a beautiful, lush green healthy lawn?

How Does it Work?

Tiny granules of a new, patented wetting agent attracts water molecules out of the air and surface areas to deliver moisture to your lawn’s root system for 3 months.

Results

Lawn Drought Stress Test in July Lawn Drought Stress Test in July Left – treated with Moisture Manager Right – not treated Flowers with Moisture Manager Without Moisture Manager Flowers with Moisture Manager                                           Without Moisture Manager

Is it Expensive?

This treatment is comparable to the cost of a regular fertilizer application, and is dependent on the square footage of your lawn. It lasts up to 3 months, is comparable in cost to a regular fertilizer application.

Is It Safe For My Family & Pets?

Yes. They can be on the yard immediately after application.

Lawn Benefits include:

  • Increase water penetration in root zone.
  • Reduce Water Bills 20% to 50% by increasing irrigation efficiency.
  • Less Lawn Disease.
  • Improved Lawn Color.
  • Maximizes Your Fertilizer & Control absorption in the soil and roots.
  • Reduces runoff on sloped areas so low areas aren’t wet and high areas aren’t dry.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO WATER YOUR LAWN?

DID YOU KNOW?

When you water your lawn, you’re paying a fee for water, and a fee for storm water in Aurora and Centennial / North Douglas County Water & Sanitation Districts. BestYard.com has researched the cost that your municipality charges you for your residential water and storm water fee.  The rates are per 1,000 gallons, then per gallon.

AuroraPer 1,000 gallonsPer gallonParker Water & Sanitation
20,001-40,000 gal. $9.69 $0.000969
40,001 gal. + $11.24 $0.001124
6,000 – 20,000 gal. $4.25 $0.000425
20,001 + gal. $8.77 $0.00877
  • Centennial Water & North Douglas County Water & Sanitation District
Usage of Budget – (Your residential water budget is set each year)
  • Up to 100%                                                      $6.49                                                   $0.000649
  • 100 to 120%                                                    $7.68                                                   $0.000768
  • 120 to 140%                                                    $10.06                                                 $0.001006
  • 140% and over                                               $13.64                                                  $0.001364
BestYard.com developed the worksheet below to help you calculate you spend on watering and the potential saving from using new water saving technology Moisture Manager. Just use the “Sample Calculation” as a guide, then “Enter You Data Here”

As a Guide:

  • The time is the addition of all the program run times on your sprinkler clock
    • Be sure to count the total time if you water 2 or more times per day
  • Most sprinkler zones use about 17 gallons per minute
  • Use the gallons from last year’s water bill to determine your rate per gallon
  • Your sprinkler clock settings will tell you the number of days per month you water
Sample Calculation
Enter the average time you water per day in minutes (8 zones x 20 minutes/zone) 160
Times
Average Gallons Per Minute of Water Your Sprinklers Use: 17
Equals
Total Gallons of Water Used to Run Sprinklers: 2720
Times
Your Average Water & Storm Water Rate Per Gallon $0.00877
Equals
$$$ Cost To Run Sprinklers Once $23.85
Times
Number of Days in a Month You Water: 13
Equals
$$$ Your MONTHLY Watering Costs: $310
Average Monthly Savings with Moisture Manager
At 30% Savings $ 93
At 50% Savings $ 155
Enter Your Data Here
Enter the average time you water per day in minutes
Times
Average Gallons Per Minute of Water Your Sprinklers Use:
Equals
Total Gallons of Water Used to Run Sprinklers:
Times
Your Average Water & Storm Water Rate Per Gallon $
Equals
$$$ Cost To Run Sprinklers Once $
Times
Number of Days in a Month You Water:
Equals
$$$ Your MONTHLY Watering Costs: $
Average Monthly Savings with Moisture Manager
At 30% Savings $
At 50% Savings $

Do you want this “DONE FOR ME” or is this too complicated? Click “DO IT FOR ME” to request a quote.  dO-IT-FOR-ME1 Moisture Manager & Water Saving Service in Douglas and Arapahoe counties including:

  • Aurora
  • Parker
  • Castle Rock
  • Highlands Ranch
  • Lone Tree
  • Castle Pines
  • Englewood
  • Centennial
  • Greenwood Village