EWEB's Weather Station provides Weekly Watering Recommendations based on rainfall and other data, usally from May or June through September. Rainbow will repost this information on our Facebook page and website.

Watering recommendation for: June 27-July 3, 2025

Water your lawn and flowers: 0.09 inches

If your lawn has deep roots split it into two watering days: 0.045 inches/watering

If your lawn has shallow roots split it into three watering days: 0.030 inches/watering

Tip of the week:

After 2/3" inch of rain this last week, wait to turn on your sprinkler system until the soil dries. Plant roots need air as well as water. Give your plants a chance to breathe and watch the weather forecasts before watering your yard. If you choose to water, it's ideal to wait until the sun goes down to let your sprinklers pop up. By watering after sunset and completing landscape watering before sunrise, as parks and campuses do, you will avoid losing moisture to evaporation. The best time to water is during the night between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.

Trees and shrubs require half of the weekly watering recommendation and should be applied in long infrequent watering. Brighten up your yard with flowers that are both pretty and water efficient such as Mock Orange, Lavender and common Yarrow. Pictures of these plants and many more are available in the online guide Water Efficient Plants of the Southern Willamette Valley.

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Watering Gauge

We are no longer providing "Green Grass" watering gauges, but you can always make one yourself. Watch a short video about making a DIY Green Grass Gauge here, then grab a tuna can and print out some test strips to get started!