Irrigation water from the Zinger Lateral canal is provided to all homeowners as part of the benefit of HOA membership. With the construction of new neighborhoods in the area, the Zinger Lateral Company requires that all neighborhoods implement a watering schedule to equalize water usage throughout the day and night. This distribution of watering times not only helps us meet our obligations to the lateral company but helps out with our own irrigation system water pressure.  

Please visit Settlers Irrigation District for updates on when irrigation season will begin and end. 

Residents are REQUIRED to follow the Board-approved Watering Schedule to ensure proper pump function and adequate flow to all locations. Non-compliance may result in low pressure, pump shutdowns, unscheduled maintenance, and increased costs incurred by the Association.

Each year we rotate our watering schedule so every homeowner has each time slot every 4 years. Please ensure that your controller is set to water only during the time allotted for your address in the table below. Thank you for adhering to the schedule so more restrictive measures do not need to be put into place in future years.

2026 Watering Schedule

Address ends with	Start after	End by
52-75	12:00 am	6:00 am
76-99	6:00 am	12:00 pm
00-26	12:00 pm	6:00 pm
27-51	6:00 pm	12:00 am

If you are experiencing no or low water pressure, call (208) 323-1080 for information on irrigation issues that may be affecting the neighborhood generally. If there are no issues affecting the neighborhood, then the problem may be local to your property's system.  Irrigation status is visible near the bottom of the home page.

Emergency Repairs

It is nearly guaranteed that some unsuspecting and innocent homeowners will find their backyard boiling up from a rupture or back-flow irrigation valve leak. If you should experience a leak that is flooding your property or risks damage to your property or your neighbor's property, please follow these steps:

• If you are unable to stop the water flow, notify Sentry Management immediately by calling (208) 323-1080!
• Sentry will dispatch emergency personnel to shut down the flow as needed.
• The owner must make repairs within 48 hours, unless otherwise authorized.
• Homeowner communication with Sentry is essential!
• Hire professional plumbing or irrigation expertise (strongly recommended!)
• Recognize that you are potentially affecting hundreds of neighbors.
• The Board of Directors and your neighbors appreciate your effort and expense! 

Non-Emergency Repairs

If there is no risk of flooding or property damage, you have a slow leak or are simply unable to turn on your irrigation water, please follow these steps:

• Schedule a contractor to repair your system on a Thursday, preferably early in the morning.
• Notify Sentry Management that you need the pumps shut down for a non-emergency irrigation repair on that Thursday, providing the date and time.
• Provide the cell phone number of the contractor who will be performing the repair on site.

Know your valves

Many properties in Bristol Heights have a backflow preventer assembly that allows residents to switch between pressurized irrigation and City water.  Adjacent to this backlow preventer should be two below-ground valves that require a long key.  One is a "drain" and one lets City water into your system.  City water is far more expensive and should only be used when our pressurized irrigation network is down for an extended period of time.  When using City water be sure to close both your irrigation isolation valve and your drain valve or you will get a very large water bill!  Please familiarize yourself with the location of your irrigation isolation valve.  It is usually a lever ball valve in a ground-level utility box in your back yard.

Winterization

After every irrigation season homeowners are responsible for hiring a contractor to "blow out" their sprinkler system. Make sure you show the contractor where your shut-off valve and backflow preventer assembly are located. Your contractor should leave all valves and test cocks on the backflow preventer half open at a 45-degree angle and your irrigation shut-off valve fully closed. You may then disable your sprinkler timer until the next irrigation season when you will be required to move to a different schedule.

WARNING: It is not necessary to blow-out the system beyond your ground-level lever ball shut-off valve. Some properties have an additional below-ground shut-off valve between the ground-level valve and the Bristol Heights pressurized irrigation system. These valves may be 30 years old and should be left open as damage will require expensive excavation. Damage to these valves by blowout technicians using "city valve keys" torquing the brass and PVC to the fracture point is estimated to cost $1500 to $2500 to repair in 2026.


Pump Status

As of the date and time in the upper right corner of the image below. If the time is older than a few minutes, this was the last update received. Refresh this page to check for an update.


Discharge PSI:  The system seeks to maintain 65 PSI.  If you see the PSI slowly coming up to 65 this means the system is still starting up.
Flow:  In gallons per minute.  The amount of water flowing through the system.  Our maximum allotment is 1478-1497 gpm but our filter is limited to 1000 gpm.  The two 30hp line shaft turbine pumps are capable of 590 gpm each and the one 25hp submersible pump is capable of 375 gpm for a total of 1555 gpm.