"Steve Barker" writes:
"Goedjn" wrote
"Steve Barker" wrote:

Why irrigate a yard ANYwhere?

Environmental cooling. A lawn with non-dormant
grass can easily be 10 degrees cooler than the
same surface baked into straw-covered tile.
IF water is cheap enough, this is a reasonable
response to a heat wave.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
So you're going to lower the temperature in the area
by wasting water on a lawn. What a gass!

You may think it's a "gass", but it is an effect in a
large enough urban area. Look up "microclimate".