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Weather Watch, March 3
San Jose Mercury News If you can afford a smart controller, invest in one. That's as close as you can get to a set-and-forget system. Be sure to check your irrigation system for leaks and problems. Turn on your irrigation system and check the meter to see if it's recording … |
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Home Smart scheme saves water on Olympic scale
ABC Online "They can get a specialist to come around to their home and have a look to see if their existing irrigation controller can comply with the sprinkler rosters and also to see how long people have their irrigation on for, a lot if us tend to over use … |
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Smartenit Delivers RainBee16, the First ZigBee® Based Irrigation Controller
Houston Chronicle Residential and commercial irrigation can now be remotely controlled and monitored thanks to Smartenit's RainBee16 wireless irrigation controller. This first device of its kind uses the ZigBee home automation (HA) profile to allow for control and … |
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Retired engineer's ingenuity saves community water, money
Orlando Sentinel Every time the sprinklers whoosh into action at Pennbrooke Fairways, the money starts flowing right along with the water. The cost to irrigate the Leesburg retirement community's 60 acres of common ground was $38693 for 2009. |
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Get your irrigation system ready now
San Antonio Express Have the irrigation contractor check out your rain sensor and replace it if it is malfunctioning or more than two years old. Review the operation of the controller with your contractor so you can change the times and frequency as needed. |
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THE NEWELL POST: Built-ins add organization
Florida Times-Union Now is the time to get your sprinklers in good working order. If you're like me and aren't quite sure how to adjust your sprinkler heads, set your controller or check for leaks, you can call on JEA to help. Take advantage of its LawnSmart program. |
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Springing The Sprinklers Back To Life
MarketWatch (press release) Replace the back-up battery in the timer/controller every 6 months, and keep a copy of the watering schedule nearby. Check for rocks, dirt, sand and other types of debris that may block the even flow of water from sprinkler heads. |
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LA's wasteful sprinklers
Los Angeles Times Turning curbs into waterfalls is a side effect of technology that lets us run sprinklers on timers that we set and forget. In theory, they allow watering at optimal but inconvenient times, such as early morning, when cooler air minimizes evaporation. |
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Keep landscape shrubs alive through proper irrigation
Fort Worth Star Telegram Set the irrigation controller for the run time for each zone. If irrigation water runs off before enough is applied, use the soak-and-cycle method. Runoff usually occurs in lawn areas. Water these areas in two or more short cycles instead of one. |
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Stemming the flow
Ottawa Citizen Timers for your sprinkler system - as little as $14.50 at Lee Valley Tools - can also save water. And replacing 600 square feet of water-hungry lawns with native grasses and other drought-resistant ground covers can save up to $82 a year in watering… |
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