June 14, 2008

We have been recently begun specifying irrigation controllers which adjust watering schedules based on evapotranspiration data.  These clocks can significantly reduce water consumption, while actually increasing landscape health (by limiting over watering).

In January, we installed an ET control system for a client in order to achieve some water savings.  We thought that we could achieve a pay back on the cost of the equipment and the cost of our services in 5 years.  We are happy to report that we are looking like we will achieve full payback possibly within the year!

These clocks, which use either a subscription based ET data feed, or an onsite weather station for the data, are definitely looking like the future of irrigation control.