A Case For Weather Based Irrigation

The rain we had on Sunday was impressive and far more than forecasted. As shown in the graph above, it was more than we've had all spring, all in one day. The variable rain we receive in the spring often doesn't match the forecast, and is frequently significantly more or less than predicted. This makes setting irrigation controllers accurately very difficult and often results in over or under watering due to the forecast's inaccuracy. Fortunately, many of our customers have approved Weather Based Irrigation and are now properly watering their landscapes and saving both water and money.

We have found through our experience with water conservation tools over the past decade weather-based irrigation control saves 20-30% compared to traditional manually programmed systems, making it a no-brainer with water rates rising so rapidly. Previously, converting to weather-based irrigation required capital cost. Weathermatic developed a subscription based model for their SmartLink Wireless Landscape Network Weather Base Irrigation Control  Pacific Landscape Maintenance has become a Weathermatic Premiere Partner allowing us to offer this as a subscription We have promoted Weathermatic Smartlink for years and those who have approved it are saving water and money. If you have not yet approved, for a small increase in the monthly fee, you will avoid the capital installation cost and potentially save up to 30% on your irrigation water bill.

See this new video with a brief outline of this new technology: https://www.pacscape.com/sustainability/water-conservation/weather-based-irrigation.php

Also, see the informational flier here as well:

https://www.pacscape.com/files/PLM-SmartLink&PremierePartnership-WaterManagement.pdf

As with many technologies today, their innovative new program is ‘Subscription-Based’ and comes with the hardware with no upfront capital cost. This makes conversion to weather based control, which we have been promoting for a decade now a NO-BRAINER.  

Weathermatic SmartLink makes automatic daily adjustments based on the weather. It also provides a cellular connection to the remote controller, enabling programming and monitoring from our office or from a smartphone or tablet in the field.

Pacific Landscape Maintenance Water Maintenance Website:

https://www.pacificlandscapemaintenance.com/sustainability/water-conservation-strategies