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Common Sensors Used in Florida

Common Sensors Used in Florida

Sensors can play a very important role in helping to reduce water consumption, and overwatering in the landscape. The two most common sensors used in Florida are rain sensors and soil moisture probes. As a whole, both of these suspend watering during periods of rainy...

Consequences of Too Much Water

Consequences of Too Much Water

Water conservation in the landscape is not just about saving water. More importantly it is about protecting our environment, promoting a healthy landscape and doing our part to help conserve the resource. Too much water in the landscape reduces the amount of oxygen in...

Problems with Artesian Wells in Winter

Problems with Artesian Wells in Winter

As we often do during the winter months we are seeing some of the problems with artesian wells. An artesian well is simply a free-flowing well that does not require a pump to bring water to the surface. This occurs when the water table in the aquifer is high enough to...

Adjust for the Season – Irrigation in Winter

Adjust for the Season – Irrigation in Winter

Happy New Year to everyone! Hopefully this holiday season was a good one for everybody and that we are all excited about the prospects for a GREAT new year. Good luck with all of those new year’s resolutions! As we begin the new year please keep in mind that January,...

What is Distribution Uniformity?

What is Distribution Uniformity?

One of the keys to using water efficiently in the landscape is to apply water evenly over each zone in an irrigation system. Distribution uniformity (DU) is a measurement of how evenly water is applied to the area being irrigated and is expressed as a percentage. DU...

Smart Controllers for Irrigation

Smart Controllers for Irrigation

One of the newest developments to hit the light commercial and residential irrigation markets are ET, weather-based, “smart controllers”. The technology was originally developed for large-scale agricultural irrigation systems and has slowly filtered its way down...