This device can reduce water applied to the home’s lawn and still maintain adequate turf quality. Part of the new helpful technology available is the soil humidity sensor. An area with significant water saving potential is the irrigation of the household lawn. A typical smart irrigation controller will cost anywhere from two to four hundred dollars depending upon the size of the system, and on average the cost is around three hundred dollars.Īs the human population grows, and so does the need for more efficient use of our water resources. On average, with this smart technology, an individual can save hundreds of dollars per season depending upon the size of the system. We encourage responsible citizens to consider the smart irrigation controller technology as a proactive means to save water. You don’t have to remember anything other than turning the system on in the spring. However, a smart controller will talk to a weather station and make those changes for you. And the customer will be required, as the weather pattern changes, to make adjustments based on what the requirements of the lawn are. This controller uses weather information from local weather stations, information about the type of plants that you have, soil weather conditions and amount of sunlight on particular areas of your irrigated property to determine how much water you actually need to use at any given time.Ī standard controller, when it is installed, will have a time programmed into it. Smart irrigation controller systems allow you to water your lawns and gardens without wasting a lot of water. According to a few studies, between May and September, we usually pump 60% more water than we do the rest of the year and this is mostly attributed to lawn irrigation. In seasons and areas where the underground water tables aren’t being quickly replenished, this can put our water supplies in danger. Whenever we pump fresh water from under the ground, we are depleting the water table. The more extensive utilization of smart irrigation controllers is a significant part of saving water consumption.Īs responsible citizens we need to understand that our clean water supplies are not unlimited.
Therefore, water conservation at the community level is an appropriate responsible step, even though the conservation standards may not yet be in place in your community. And it’s an undeniable fact that fresh water is increasingly becoming an invaluable resource throughout the world. Water scarcity is a worrying issue that is affecting more areas than most people realize, even here in the U.S. When rain is detected by the sensors, a sophisticated monitoring system bypasses planned irrigation to prevent your lawn from being over saturated while saving you your money. When handled properly, a sprinkler system will help you maintain a healthy and properly watered lawn and garden while maximizing the effectiveness of each and every drop of water.Īdvanced automated sprinkling and watering devices are equipped with both climate and ground humidity sensors to maintain the optimal flow of water at the right time. But for most of us, water sprinkler systems are the most effective and efficient means of watering our lawns. There are places where homeowners are blessed with the appropriate rainwater. As the farms may be too large and far from the main server, using sub-Gigahertz frequencies for communication would enable the covering of a longer range.With no water, you know you can never have a grassy green lawn. The data transfer from the main sensors to the server can be done via wireless communication techniques. This paper proposes a system where data collected by the sensors would be checked for false values and then collected by a central server where it can be sent to a cloud storage for further analysis. Automating the water supply irrigation to such a field would require constant monitoring of the soil moisture levels after regular intervals of time. A fixed amount of water supply can be predetermined and supplied to the farms periodically or at once.However,this is unregulated and may lead to wastage of water as the requirement of water being supplied is not considered in this process. In such cases, maintaining a certain level of soil moisture at the root levels is helpful to ensure the growth of the trees. In the case of horticulture farms, the water supply to fruit trees is mostly constant throughout the seasons. This paper discusses the design of an industrial grade solution to collect sensor data from the farms and regulate water supply for irrigation to the crops/trees when required.