Technology is rapidly changing and the impact on your and our business is benefiting from each advancement.  Irrigation control is one of the many parts of Landscape Management that is benefiting from improved technology. Weather Based Irrigation can now control your irrigation from anywhere and adjust as needed regardless of time and location. This helps us control your irrigation in the most cost efficient method.

Over the past decade, it is like we have gone from a pager to an iPhone. Historically, each irrigation system is controlled with a site controller. In the early days these were simple mechanical timeclocks. As electronic advances unfolded, they became more sophisticated, improving irrigation control and water conservation. The challenge has always been "do what you tell them" and if you guess wrong (because you believed the weather forecast) you irrigated wrong.

For over 20 years, remote irrigation control has been in place but it has been complicated and expensive.  For the past 6-7 years, the technology has become increasingly cheaper and more effective.  We began offering remote irrigation control through Rainbird's ET Manager in 2008 and that technology has continued to develop.  We have also been monitoring other manufacturers' products and operate several others that we have inherited when taking over the maintenance of new properties. 

The operation of these new water management products is based on monitoring and adjusting daily irrigation due to the ever changing weather and associated irrigation need.  The problem has been getting the remote on-site irrigation controller to connect with the central control computer in the irrigation manager's office and ideally on their phone.  New advances have finally been made to make this easy and affordable. 

Last fall, several from our staff attended the Irrigation Association annual tradeshow and conference where they evaluated the newest water management products.  We have continued to research and train our staff on these new products and will begin to propose the appropriate product for each property we maintain starting this spring.  

Stay Tuned!  Improved Water Management options are coming to you soon!

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