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Landscape Water Efficiency Contact

Russell Ackerman
Water Resources Specialist
(310) 458-8405
russell.ackerman@smgov.net
   

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Manual systems keep you in touch with your garden and it’s water needs. You must decide each day if, when and how much to water. You must be there when it’s time to turn the system on and when it’s time to turn it off. Studies show that people with manual systems use less water than people with automatic systems.
       
Semi-Automatic systems, which work similar to a kitchen timer, require you to turn the water on manually but the system turns itself off at the end of the time (or number of gallons) you set.
       
Automatic systems are the most common type. They use an electronic controller to do all the work for you. Traditional automatic systems never forget to water . . . even if it’s raining. Because we can ignore automatic systems, studies show that people with these systems use more water than people with manual systems.
       
Smart systems, also known by the acronym SWAT (Smart Water Application Technologies) are now affordable for residential use. Smart systems add sensors and/or telemetry to the controller to adjust automatically for the day-to-day weather changes in your garden. Studies show that Smart controllers save a lot of water.
Smart Irrigation Controllers Fact Sheet pdf
 
For more information on SWAT and a look at some tested systems, visit www.irrigation.org.

Other companies that offer Smart Water Application Technologies can be visited on the web:
 
Aqua Conserve: Intelligent Controllers
WeatherSet 
HydroPoint: WeatherTrak Smart Water Management
ETWater 
Last updated: Thursday, 04/09/2009
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Green Garden Academy 2010
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This 12-part monthly series pdf of classes is the official school of sustainable gardening for Santa Monica.  Each class walks participants through a different topic to help make your garden a huge success.

 
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