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Sprinklers keep lawns and students wet
By Hy Rosario
Emerald Contributor
Only in Eugene. The temperature
hovers over 100 degrees, the skies are
blue and sunny . . . and students are get
ting rained on.
In this case however, the rain is ar
tificial. Across campus lawns, there are
sprinklers watering the students,
sidewalks and occasional patches of
grass. There are soaker hoses, bayonets,
one eyes, and rain bird sprinklers — all
water spouting devices — keeping Ducks
wet and University grounds looking
emerald green.
Summer students find themselves hav
ing to hop, skip and jump to stay dry.
Some find sprinklers menacing.
‘‘They’re on all the time, and I get sick
and tired of having to walk around
sprinklers to avoid getting wet," said
Chanel DeLaney, a senior in political
science.
Who is it that is responsible for turning
those sprinklers on and off? Some
postulate that sprinkler elves are behind
it all, because no one ever sees humans
out there. Others assume that it is all
automatic.
The truth is, the University Physical
Plant is responsible. Ted hums, assistant
director for plant services, was to quick to
point out that 21 individuals share the
blame in the business of irrigation.
Physical Plant divides the campus into
four strategic areas. Burns said that the
crews are responsible for every patch of
green earth on this campus except
Hayward Field, Howe Field and the prac
tice field at Autzen Stadium.
Dean Bobbitt, a 10-year physical plant
veteran, leads the five members of Area
B. Area B is the southwestern corner of
campus.
Bobbitt said that the amount of equip
ment needed for irrigation is staggering.
It takes two to three days just to get the
equipment out of storage, Bobbitt said.
The distinctive chuk-chuk-chuk of the
sprinklers can be heard from early May
through the end of September.
Kathryn Richman, an area B summer
crew nicuiuci, imu»
working 10 hour days a
challenge.
“Sometimes it’s kind
of tough to get to work at
six o’clock in the morn
ing so that you can get
sprayed in the face with
water," Richman said.
Complaints from
water-drenched students
an; not unusual, but the
variety is amusing. Burns
said he receives com
plaints ranging from too
much water to not having
enough. Usually the
crews try to water a given
area at least three to four
hours a day.
Using what is known
as quick-coupler
sprinklers, the kind seen
spouting water without
hoses attached, there is a
great deal of backsplash
and overlapping. This
has lead to complaints,
on occassion, from pro
fessors about water com
ing in through windows
Photos by Sherlyn Bjorkgren
during classes,
Burns said.
K i c h m a n ad
mits she has been
accused of water
ing the sidewalk
more than the
grass. She said
that the crews are
very conscious
about that, but
can’t fight the
winds that usual
ly cause sidewalk
watering to occur.
"We try to keep
the sidewalks
clear, or at least
leave an alternate
route for students
to use," Bobbitt said.
Since the crews only work four days a
week, it is imperative that the greens are
watered as much as possible on those
days.
This, to the dismay of students, hap
pens to be Monday through Thursday.
The grounds are not watered on days
when mowing is needed.
sity s underground pipes were in accep
(able condition, it would cost about
$10,000 to $15,000 to automate an area
the size of the quadrangle, Burns said.
“If we were to get automatic irrigation,
we would have extra time to do extra
landscaping and other chores,” Bobbitt
said.
‘They’re on all the time, and I get sick and tired of
having to walk around sprinklers to avoid getting wet.’
— Chanel DeLaney
None of these inconveniences would be
needed if the University were irrigated
automatically. But according to Burns,
only a mere 25 percent of campus set up
that way. These areas are usually on
timers and can be turned on during the
night.
A shortage of funds, not water, is what
prevents the entire campus from going
automatic. Assuming that all the Univer
Burns said that in case of a water shor
tage tile shrubs and trees would have
priority above all else.
For now though, there seems to be
enough water for sprinklers. And so,
students will just have to keep running,
jumping, and hopping their way around
those pesky sprinklers in hopes of keep
ing dry.
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