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Always use a licensed irrigator to service your sprinkler system
Submitted by Water Matters, a committee of the NRO
Why should you use a licensed irrigator protection.
to install/modify/service your irrigation
system? You say you know someone who 5. References: Ask for a list and call them. This may add a few
isn’t licensed and will do it much cheaper? more days before your project is started but is well worth it.
The reality is you usually get what you pay
for, and you may end up with a system that 6. License Number: TCEQ requires that all vehicles used in
does not work as expected which may cost you more money in the irrigator’s business must have his/her license number
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advertisements, business cards, etc.
The following list contains a few important reasons to hire a
licensed irrigator. 7. Guarantee: Most licensed irrigators are happy to provide a
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1. It’s the law: Only licensed irrigators or homeowners can work irrigator.
on a sprinkler system, according to Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ). For more information on hiring a licensed irrigator, visit the
Water Matters website, accessible through the NRO home page.
2. Responsibility: If a licensed irrigator doesn’t do the job Welcome, Mark Stivers
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who isn’t licensed has nothing to lose if they do a bad job, Welcome Mark Allen Stivers, Sun City
but a licensed irrigator can lose their license. Texas’ new Landscaped Maintained Homes
Superintendent. Mark enlisted in the U.S.
3. Knowledge: A licensed irrigator must attend a 40-hour class Navy in 1977 and retired in 1995. He is a
and pass an eight-hour test to get licensed. They are also YHWHUDQRIWKHÀUVW*XOI:DUDQGVHUYHGLQ
required to take 24 hours of continuing education credits other areas of the globe. Contact Mark at
every three years to renew their license! (512) 948-7791 or email [email protected]
4. Insurance: Licensed irrigators should all have liability
insurance and insurance on equipment/vehicles for your
Sun City Recycles – Visit our website for info and answers
Submitted by Sun City Recycles, a committee of the NRO
You may have wondered where you can get Moving in or moving out and the annual assist with the disposal of items that
up-to-date information regarding proper spring cleaning can produce lots of trash. VKRXOGQRWEHVHQWWRWKHODQGÀOO'HWDLOV
disposal of solid waste, recycling and The City of Georgetown offers a household on this and more are just a click away.
composting. This may be especially true hazardous waste voucher program to
with our new residents. There is good news!
Last year, a group of Sun City Texas
residents met to discuss improving
recycling in Sun City Texas. Out of those
initial meetings came Sun City Recycles,
a part of the NRO.
The Sun City Recycles microsite is located
on the Sun City Community Association
website, under the NRO tab and can also
be accessed at www.sctexas.org/recycle.
A variety of information is available that
includes:
1. Bag the Bag Program.
2. What is/isn’t recyclable?
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tubes and bulbs.
4. Illegal dumping in Sun City Texas.
5. Composting is now allowed in Sun
City Texas.
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