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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.

Watering can sprinkling water over garden plants
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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 · barrels
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Watering Schedule Calculator

How much to water each week after rain, split into sessions that suit your soil.

Gives youweekly water · sessions · minutes
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Irrigation Scheduling Calculator

How many days between irrigations and how much to apply, from soil, roots and ET.

Gives youinterval · net depth · gross depth
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Irrigation Run Time Calculator

How many minutes to run each zone to apply the depth of water you want.

Gives youminutes per zone · weekly time
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Sprinkler Calculator

How many sprinkler heads a rectangular lawn needs, which types, and how many zones.

Gives youheads · layout · zones
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Sprinkler Coverage Calculator

Area one head covers and the precipitation rate of your layout, with time to apply water.

Gives youcoverage · precipitation rate · run time
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Drip Irrigation Planner

Emitters, drip line and fittings for your rows, with total flow and zones.

Gives youemitters · tubing · zones · parts
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Drip Emitter Calculator

How long to run drip emitters to give each plant the water it needs.

Gives yourun time · emitters · flow
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Drip Flow Rate Calculator

Total flow of your drip system and whether your tubing can carry it.

Gives youtotal flow · capacity used
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Drip 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 · power
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Rainwater Calculator

How much rainwater your roof collects a year and per storm, and how long it lasts.

Gives youlitres or gallons per year · per storm
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Crop 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 rain
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Evapotranspiration Calculator

Estimate daily reference evapotranspiration from temperature, latitude and date.

Gives youET₀ per day · per week

Which water calculator do you need?

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.