Good ways to reduce water usage?

@geoff

Love the attitude! Sounds like you are quickly becoming an expert in efficiency, flow rate, etc. It’s so great to see people start to learn about those things. I knew nothing regarding irrigation before we built the Iro.

In May we are releasing a major 2.0 version of our software. I will be posting screenshots soon but trust me it’s going to be amazing :wink:

While we are pleased with ‘water budgeting’, we continue to strive to save more water and be more efficient.

A major concept we are releasing with 2.0 is called ‘Flexible Schedules’. This concept is based on management allowed depletion. We will track each zone like a checkbook measuring evapotranspiration (debit) and irrigation/precipitation events (credit). You will select zones to be in the flexible schedule and tell us which days you are allowed to water (or any days). From there, we will track soil moisture levels only watering when a zone is fully depleted. This will allow us to have ultimate flexibility (some months or weeks maybe you are only watering once a week or less, or when it is really hot 2x-3x per week). It will also help your lawn grow longer roots and be hardier.

Having already dialed in your system, this will transition beautifully.

Let us know if you have any questions or feedback, thanks for being a customer!