Sprinkler Repair & Irrigation in Arlington, TX

Irrigation and landscape work in Arlington

Much of Arlington sits on the Woodbine formation — sandstone and mudstone, the same geology as Denton thirty miles north, and quite different from both Fort Worth’s shallow limestone to the west and Euless’s expansive shale to the north. In practice that means better drainage and less seasonal movement than clay, easier trenching than Fort Worth, but genuinely variable ground from one lot to the next because of the interbedded clay lenses. We do not promise easy digging here, and we do not promise rock either.

The watering rules are simpler than most of the Metroplex. Arlington’s ordinance carries no limit on which days or how many days you may water. What it does carry is a permanent prohibition on irrigating between 10am and 6pm, every day, all year, with hand watering and soaker hoses exempt. Rain and freeze sensors have been required on systems installed since the start of 2007.

Arlington grew from under eight thousand people in 1950 to over three hundred and sixty thousand by 2010, and the bulk of its housing is 1960s through 1990s. That is a generation of systems now well past their design life. The city and the regional water district jointly run free sprinkler evaluations covering the backflow device, the heads and the controller schedule — a reasonable independent starting point before anyone quotes you for work.

Water, soil and rules in Arlington

Arlington Water Utilities runs its own retail system on raw water from the Tarrant Regional Water District. Unusually for this region, the city ordinance sets no limit on which days or how many days a week you may water — but it does prohibit irrigating any lawn or landscape between 10am and 6pm, every day, year round, with hand watering and soaker hoses exempt. Rain and freeze sensors are required on systems installed since January 2007. Arlington and the water district jointly offer free sprinkler evaluations to residents. We have linked the city ordinance itself here because it is the document that actually governs.

Under Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules, selling, designing, installing, altering, repairing or servicing an irrigation system requires a TCEQ licence. Ask any contractor for their license number before work begins — in Arlington as anywhere else in Texas.

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City

Arlington, Texas

County

Tarrant County

Water supply

Arlington Water Utilities — raw water from the Tarrant Regional Water District

Watering rules

City of Arlington water and sewer ordinance (PDF)

Soil

Woodbine sands with clay lenses — genuinely variable lot to lot

We cover

Sprinkler repair, irrigation installation, winterization, drainage, landscaping, sod, grounds maintenance