Smart Irrigation: Significance of Smart Watering System

Homeowners have reduced household water consumption without sacrificing their desired lush green lawn.

FREMONT, CA: Smart irrigation system upgrades have decreased household water consumption without compromising the lush green lawn that homeowners want.

THE SMART WATERING SYSTEM: HOW DOES IT WORK?

A programmable irrigation system enables property owners and managers to establish a timer that automatically activates and deactivates lawn sprinklers. These systems contain human overrides that prevent the sprinklers from operating when nature takes over the watering duties.

One benefit of intelligent irrigation is the capacity to monitor either local weather conditions or the actual ground moisture level. Thus, intelligent irrigation systems automatically change watering schedules based on the lawn's real demands.

In most instances, smart watering technology may be retrofitted to current irrigation systems to reduce water consumption by 20 to 40 percent. These systems are expensive, but they can pay for themselves in a few short years by lowering water bills. Remote control and monitoring are possible with smart irrigation systems connected to WiFi networks at home or work. No longer is it necessary to remember to turn on or off the sprinkler system before leaving the house in the morning. Water management technology can be retrofitted into underground irrigation systems by replacing the current controller with a smart one. In certain instances, additional weather or moisture-based sensors can be utilized with existing controllers and systems, thereby detouring the cost of purchasing a new controller. Before investing in this technology, homeowners and property managers should check that smart controllers and sensors are compatible with existing irrigation systems and smart gadgets. They must also choose between weather-based and moisture-based sensors.

Utilizing local weather conditions, evapotranspiration controllers (weather-based sensors) regulate sprinkler run times. These sorts of sensors either utilize WiFi to acquire publically accessible local weather data or conduct on-site weather measurements. Then, temperature, wind, solar radiation, and humidity data are used to compute watering requirements. The soil-moisture technology measures soil moisture using inserted probes or sensors. Depending on the type of sensor placed, these systems can either suspend the next watering cycle when readings indicate enough soil moisture, or they can be configured as an on-demand system. The latter sort of sensor reads both the upper and lower moisture thresholds, and the controller will activate the sprinklers automatically to maintain water levels between the two readings.