Water & Irrigation Calculators
Water is the input gardens use most. These tools size rain barrels, plan irrigation and work out how much water your garden really needs.

Rain Barrel & Rainwater Harvesting Calculator
Rainwater collected from your roof per storm and per year, and how many barrels to fill.
Gives youlitres or gallons · barrelsWaterWatering Schedule Calculator
How much to water each week after rain, split into sessions that suit your soil.
Gives youweekly water · sessions · minutesWaterIrrigation Scheduling Calculator
How many days between irrigations and how much to apply, from soil, roots and ET.
Gives youinterval · net depth · gross depthWaterIrrigation Run Time Calculator
How many minutes to run each zone to apply the depth of water you want.
Gives youminutes per zone · weekly timeWaterSprinkler Calculator
How many sprinkler heads a rectangular lawn needs, which types, and how many zones.
Gives youheads · layout · zonesWaterSprinkler Coverage Calculator
Area one head covers and the precipitation rate of your layout, with time to apply water.
Gives youcoverage · precipitation rate · run timeWaterDrip Irrigation Planner
Emitters, drip line and fittings for your rows, with total flow and zones.
Gives youemitters · tubing · zones · partsWaterDrip Emitter Calculator
How long to run drip emitters to give each plant the water it needs.
Gives yourun time · emitters · flowWaterDrip Flow Rate Calculator
Total flow of your drip system and whether your tubing can carry it.
Gives youtotal flow · capacity usedWaterDrip Irrigation Pump Calculator
The flow, total head and power a pump needs to run your drip system from a tank or well.
Gives youflow · total head · powerWaterRainwater Calculator
How much rainwater your roof collects a year and per storm, and how long it lasts.
Gives youlitres or gallons per year · per stormWaterCrop Water Requirement Calculator
Daily and weekly water use of a crop from reference ET and its crop coefficient.
Gives youdaily use · weekly use · net after rainWaterEvapotranspiration Calculator
Estimate daily reference evapotranspiration from temperature, latitude and date.
Gives youET₀ per day · per weekWhich water calculator do you need?
- Rain Barrel & Rainwater Harvesting Calculator: Rainwater collected from your roof per storm and per year, and how many barrels to fill.
- Watering Schedule Calculator: How much to water each week after rain, split into sessions that suit your soil.
- Irrigation Scheduling Calculator: How many days between irrigations and how much to apply, from soil, roots and ET.
- Irrigation Run Time Calculator: How many minutes to run each zone to apply the depth of water you want.
- Sprinkler Calculator: How many sprinkler heads a rectangular lawn needs, which types, and how many zones.
- Sprinkler Coverage Calculator: Area one head covers and the precipitation rate of your layout, with time to apply water.
- Drip Irrigation Planner: Emitters, drip line and fittings for your rows, with total flow and zones.
- Drip Emitter Calculator: How long to run drip emitters to give each plant the water it needs.
- Drip Flow Rate Calculator: Total flow of your drip system and whether your tubing can carry it.
- Drip Irrigation Pump Calculator: The flow, total head and power a pump needs to run your drip system from a tank or well.
- Rainwater Calculator: How much rainwater your roof collects a year and per storm, and how long it lasts.
- Crop Water Requirement Calculator: Daily and weekly water use of a crop from reference ET and its crop coefficient.
- Evapotranspiration Calculator: Estimate daily reference evapotranspiration from temperature, latitude and date.
Every tool works in metric or imperial units, shows its formula and a worked example, and lets you edit the assumptions that vary from garden to garden. Results stay on your device; nothing you enter is stored.
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