Columbia Riverfront RV Park

Hosted by Response from Columbia Riverfront RV Park 01/05/2016 We have addressed the watering situation. The entire park is the site of years of river dredging spoils. Based on recent borings we are sand and nothing but sand as far down as 60 feet. The flower beds all have been created with hauled in topsoil, but the lawns are sand. It took us three years to develop enough root base to support the grass through the summer and not have the lawns die out during the winter. In order to maintain the lawns through the summer it takes lots of water. Three... Read More We have addressed the watering situation. The entire park is the site of years of river dredging spoils. Based on recent borings we are sand and nothing but sand as far down as 60 feet. The flower beds all have been created with hauled in topsoil, but the lawns are sand. It took us three years to develop enough root base to support the grass through the summer and not have the lawns die out during the winter. In order to maintain the lawns through the summer it takes lots of water. Three days without water and the lawns will be brown for the rest of the year. In August of 2014 we were able to increase our irrigation source so that we can now run two irrigation pumps at once. Accordingly, we have re-scheduled almost all of our irrigation watering to the non-daylight hours. Irrigation starts at 10:00pm along the road and progresses throughout the Park overnight, ending at 10:00am at the far south riverfront. In total, there are 32 watering zones. Only two of which run at any one time and their duration is based upon moisture sensors within each zone. Unfortunately, sand holds very little moisture. With this change the sprinklers on the three acre front lawn no longer operate during the day. Read Less