July 2022 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 3
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The Charbonneau Water Company adds new irrigation system for the course and local homeowners associations .
Golf club adds ‘ state of the art ’ irrigation system
The new system will lead to improved effi ciency and ease of maintenance , golf director says
BY COREY BUCHANAN
PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP
The Charbonneau Golf Club hopes that its new irrigation system — which Director Chris Bensel described as “ state of the art ” — will lead to a more efficient use of resources and positively benefit local residents .
Charbonneau Water Company is a subsidiary of the golf club and provides non-potable water for the course , as well as for around half of the 1,500 residences in the community including 13 homeowners associations .
The original system was built in 1975 and Bensel said that it often needed repairs .
“ You keep throwing money at it every year , but it was never going to get better ,” he said .
The new system cost $ 340,000 and was financed without raising resident dues , Bensel added .
Some of the features of the system include new control panels that allow the company superintendent to manage water distribution remotely , as well as sensors that allow the company to provide the optimal amount of water instead of over- or under-watering in certain segments .
Bensel added that the efficiency and optimization of the new technology will allow for a reduction of payroll resources to oversee its maintenance . Previously they needed someone to manually turn off the system at night and monitor the lake at the course .
Now , Bensel said Charbonneau has as impressive of an irrigation system as anywhere around . He added that this may have been one of the “ coolest ” projects he ’ s worked on .
“ We ’ ve done a lot of cool things here in Charbonneau . This is , in my mind , the coolest , but not many people are going to see it because it ’ s in a shed and everything is underground . Selling the ( driving ) range was cool , ( adding ) the pavilion , but without water we don ’ t have the community ,” Bensel said .
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