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‘Armed’ for watering duty: The right nozzle turns a hose into a water-saving spray gun

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 6, 2009 at 10:47 pm

From the Los Angeles Times:

If there’s one thing harder to get than a good garden hose, it’s a good nozzle to fit on it. Now that we’re in a drought, good nozzles we need. Nozzles can cut the amount of water used during hand watering, and they’re now required in Los Angeles for car washing. The way nozzles achieve these savings is simple. They shut off water as hose-draggers move around.

Most modern nozzles also are water-shapers. They pressurize water coming from the hose, so many can emit everything from fine mists to fierce jets. The fancier the model, the more patterns it may advertise, including mist, flat, angle, shower, fan, cone, center and jet.

So, nozzles are great investments, right? On the face of it, yes. In the store, you can expect change from a ten for what might look a half-decent nozzle and change from a twenty for what appears to be a decent one.

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July 6, 2009 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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