Last week’s news of Jain Irrigation’s acquisition of ETwater created a surge of activity on twitter concerning water management and smart controllers. Here are 17 tweets from last week explaining the benefits of smart controllers.

Richard Restuccia explains the need for regular smart controller adjustments and the importance.

Daily adjustments are important because your landscape rarely needs the same amount of water day. But many contractors program schedules and leave
them unchanged for months. It ends up wasting lots of water. #landscapechat

— Richard Restuccia (@H2oTrends) September 12, 2018

A great point made by Scott Thomson: Smart controllers can turn “dumb” if regular adjustments are not made to the watering schedule.

A point I always like to bring up is a smart controller that is not setup right or managed on a daily basis is just an expensive dumb controller not
a set it and forget it deal #landscapechat

—
Scott Thompson (@IMSh2o) September 12, 2018

Have you seen a car without a speedometer? Well if your answers no, then smart controllers need to be always paired with a flow monitoring device. Read the tweets below to find the importance of this combination.

Flow monitoring is where irrigation gets fun! Anything else is like building a car without a speedometer! #landscapechat

— Michael Derewenko (@MDSavesWater) September 12, 2018

A flow sensor catches a problem like this and shuts it down until we can stop by to find it #landscapechat pic.twitter.com/XSj3iMu4O5

— Scott Thompson (@IMSh2o) September 12, 2018

That’s what I need. On those days when a sprinkler head snaps or the lawn mower hits it and I get a geyser in the back yard…I just need it to
shut down the system. Anything like that? #landscapechat

— Chris from Corona (@csabbarese) September 12, 2018

Even if it only told you there were breaks in the system, it would be worth it. They give so much more information on neat charts, graphs, tables –
you can sometimes choose. Seen setups/systems @MANTS #landscapechat

— Jeavonna (@jchapstk) September 12, 2018

Flow control helps identify problems. If you know how much water is flowing when you irrigate you can easily identify when your system goes into a
high flow situation. The water manager is alerted and the system is shut down. #landscapechat

— Richard Restuccia (@H2oTrends) September 12, 2018

A Smart Controller saves time and labor for contractors. It’s like the next “Uber” for contractors.

Access from internet is important because a contractor can manage controllers without having to drive and touch all of them. Contractors have lots
of customers and its impossible to drive to all of them in a reasonable amount of time #landscapechat

— Richard Restuccia (@H2oTrends) September 12, 2018

Reports of water use are great because you can email them, print them use them for customer meetings and have meaningful discussions about water.
#landscapechat

— Richard Restuccia (@H2oTrends) September 12, 2018

Andrew Belingheri and Scott Thomson discuss need for more training for contractors.

Sometimes cost$ or time I guess. Many do send employees to training only to have them move on the next year to a different industry or a new company.
The contractor is then looking at sending another employee to training and are hesitant to do so #landscapechat

— Scott Thompson (@IMSh2o) September 12, 2018

Jeavonna and ETwater discuss the need to make smart irrigation and drip mandatory for new homes and buildings.

I see a time when these systems will be standard with new homes and buildings. #landscapechat

— Jeavonna (@jchapstk) September 12, 2018

#dripirrigation @jchapstk is now mandatory for all new construction in CA. Next should be #smartirrigation #landscapechat https://t.co/DBoMdKCE9C

— ETwater (@ETwater) September 12, 2018

Sounds similar to the technology used by water reclamation facilities here in Athens. Technology for the greater good and #conservation of water! #landscapechat https://t.co/xcnh7gugo8

— ACC Water Warrior (@AccWaterWarrior) September 12, 2018

Richard Restuccia explains the need to raise awareness for saving water in landscapes.

Need to raise awareness of saving water. Most people save when it gets expensive. We have very expensive water now and that helps, but need to conserve
more because of pop increases and food demands. Plus the right amount of water helps your landscape look great #landscapechat

— Richard Restuccia (@H2oTrends) September 12, 2018

Read this blog about the invisible gun pointed at the landscape industry.

Timely discussion and great read here https://t.co/QPt8bBllS9 #landscapechat

— Andrew Belingheri (@AndyNVH2O) September 12, 2018

Chris Sabbarese speaks about the water issues in Flint, MI. Read more about it here

Especially in Flint, MI. Crazy they are still using bottled water. Not sure why the can’t make that work after all these years #landscapechat https://t.co/WdQlCI5y3w

— Chris from Corona (@csabbarese) September 12, 2018

This new law AB1818 is going to be the first of many laws to come, to save us from the drought and conserve water for our future generations

AB1818 in California is the start of requiring all homeowners and commercial properties to install smart controllers. This has happened in California
and as we know good conservation laws start in the West and move East quickly. #landscapechat

— Jain Irrigation USA (@JainsUSA) September 12, 2018