New Hampshire’s lakes are more than sparkling scenery. They’re where you swim on hot July weekends, paddle at sunrise, fish with your kids, host cookouts, snap photos, and reset your brains. They’re also ecosystems, and their health is starting to wobble.

If you’ve been in irrigation long enough, you’ve heard the classic line: “My water source is clean. I don’t need filtration.” And every time someone says it, an emitter somewhere silently screams.

August is National Water Quality Month, and it’s the perfect time to pause, reflect, and recommit to protecting one of our planet’s most precious resources: clean water.

Water conservation has become a key topic as construction and infrastructure projects continue to expand.