Some of it was. For example, the sprinkler system that came with the house was blasting my house and fence with water.

Doing so causes fences to decay more quickly and can damage the foundation of the house.

By digging up and moving the sprinklers, I prevented that from happening.

I also swapped a bunch of it for subsurface drip irrigation, which conserves significant amounts of water. That not only saves me money, but is better for the environment.