Glossary
The following is a list of words and phrases that are frequently referenced in the subdivision irrigation process. We hope these definitions will help you in understanding the terms that you may see on on our Web site's irrigation pages.
Acres or Acreage: The lot size for an account, rounded to the nearest 1/5 acre, for accounts of 1 acre or below.
Area: A geographical region within the SRP irrigation delivery system.
Available deliveries: Every 28 days during the winter and every 14 days during the summer.
Available to order: The amount of water your account currently has available to order, in hours and minutes. This amount does not include water entitlements not yet purchased. Click here for a more detailed explanation.
Board location: The location of the board where the subdivision's hang-back sheet is posted and picked up.
Canal-Lateral-Gate (C-L-G): The delivery path of the water for your account and is represented with a specific number sequence. The first numbers within this sequence refer to the canal used to deliver your water, the second set of numbers refers to your specific lateral and the third set refers to your irrigation delivery gate.
Cycle or cycle day: SRP's system of grouping subdivisions together to help schedule irrigation deliveries in a more efficient manner.
Delivery location: The location where SRP's responsibility ends and your responsibility begins. This is typically at the SRP irrigation delivery gate.
Ditch time: The travel time allotted for water to move between two locations.
Hang-back sheet: The irrigation schedule posted on the SRP neighborhood board. The hang-back sheet provides our irrigation customer's with the capability to view their irrigation schedule and write in their next water order.
Head size: The quantity of water ordered and delivered to our irrigation customers. Head-size is measured in miner's inches. In Arizona, a miner's inch equals 1.5 cubic feet per minute (42.48 liters per minute)
Last order: The duration of your last water order, displayed in hours and minutes.
Maximum Allotment: The maximum amount of time your account is allowed
to order for each subdivision run.
Ordering methods: Order online or write your requested duration time in the "next Order" column on the neighborhood sign up sheets.
Password: An identifier of five or more characters that you created during your online irrigation registration process. A password is used in combination with your user name to provide secure access to our online water ordering application.
Profile: This refers to a combination of specific information that was entered by you when registering for online irrigation access. Your profile will allow you to place, change or cancel a water order through SRP's Web site. It includes your account number, name, address, phone number, user name, password, verification question-and-answer and e-mail address.
Start time: The date and time your water delivery starts, displayed in hours and minutes.
Stop time: The date and time your water delivery stops, displayed in hours and minutes.
Special irrigation notice: An announcement containing information relating to your account or subdivision that is provided to help call attention to a situation that affects your irrigation delivery, or notifies you to take further action, such as contacting SRP Water Customer Services Office for additional information.
User name: An identifier that you choose during the initial online registration process that is used to access the water order application. The user name must consist of all alphanumeric characters and contain no spaces.
Your order: The field displaying the duration of your current irrigation order, displayed in hours and minutes.
