"I had a customer tell me they
spent an average of $100,000
a year on irrigation water and
that their goal was to save 30%
in costs," says Davey Branch
Manager Garth Rinard. "She'd
read about smart irrigation
technologies and was really
interested in the savings they
can provide. While those can be
a good choice, they may not be
for everyone. So I suggested we
take a closer look at the issue
and see if we could come up with
alternatives that would give her
the biggest ROI bang—and that's
exactly what we did."
THE SOLUTION?
New hardware. New nozzles, to
be exact.
"Before looking at adding
sensors, controllers and satellite
subscriptions," says Rinard, "it
made sense to talk through
the options. Working with our
manufacturing reps, we did
some testing and put together a
presentation that addressed her
biggest issue; runoff."
Rinard explains that doing this due
diligence led to a discovery: In this
particular instance, the biggest
impact potential could come not
with the controllers themselves
nor with the in-ground sensors
that communicate with weather
satellites; instead, it could come
from updating standard spray-type
nozzles with rotator nozzles.
AN
ALTERNATIVE
TO
'SMART'
IRRIGATION
UPGRADES
PASSING ON 'SMART'
SENSORS FOR YOUR
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
DOESN'T HAVE TO
MEAN GIVING UP WATER
SAVINGS.
There are times when it
simply doesn't make sense
to overpay for the latest technology. Sometimes it's simply
smarter to wait.
But losing out on significant water savings? Well, that's never
a good idea.
