The USGA Water Conservation Playbook focuses on nine important water conservation strategies and provides detailed information about the costs, benefits, limitations and steps for implementing each.

Regular maintenance of sprinkler heads and system components to minimize leaks and imprecise watering.

Applying products with demonstrated ability to help golf courses improve water use and manage reduced irrigation.

Informing the expectations of golfers, owners and members to balance playing conditions, aesthetics and water use.

Informing irrigation with data from soil-moisture sensors, weather stations and remote-sensing platforms to make improved irrigation decisions.

Using drought-tolerant turfgrasses, reducing winter overseeding and exploring novel grassing schemes.

Decreasing the amount of irrigation by thoughtfully replacing unnecessary turf with low-water-use plants and landscaping.

Delivering water directly to the rootzone to improve uniformity and limit evaporation and wind drift.

 Reducing unnecessary surface water area and limiting evaporative or seepage losses from golf course lakes and ponds.

Connecting to recycled water sources to reduce a course’s reliance on potable and fresh water supplies.