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Web URL(s): | http://www.irrigation.org/IA/FileUploads/IA/Resources/TechnicalPapers/2013/TargetingExcessiveIrrigationCustomersToMaximizeTheBenefitsOfSmartControllers.pdf Last checked: 10/06/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
Author(s): | Davis, S. L.;
Dukes, M. D. |
Author Affiliation: | Davis: M.E. and E.I.T. and University of Florida Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL; Dukes: Ph.D. and P.E. and University of Florida Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL |
Title: | Targeting excessive irrigation customers to maximize the benefits to smart controllers |
Section: | Turf Other records with the "Turf" Section
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Source: | Irrigation Show 2013: Technical Session Proceedings. 2013, p. 1-4. |
Publishing Information: | [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association] |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Climate-based controllers; Evaluations; Irrigation controllers; Overwatering
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Geographic Terms: | Orange County, Florida; Hillsborough, Florida |
Abstract/Contents: | "Studies have shown minimal impact by smart irrigation controllers when installed without targeting over-irrigators. The objective of this research was to evaluate different methodologies for identifying residential over-irrigators. Two independent smart controller studies were conducted by utilities in Hillsborough (HCWRS) and Orange (OCU) Counties, Fla. In HCWRS, the cooperators qualified when irrigation was in the top 50th percentile of potable water users in the county and located in three densely-populated cities. In OCU, 112 cooperators across seven locations received smart controllers when frequently irrigating more than 1.5 times the gross irrigation requirement (GIR). Actual ratios of historical average irrigation to the GIR ranged from 1.45-2.37 in HCWRS and 6.04-8.33 in OCU. As a result, cooperators in OCU showed significant reductions in irrigation with a return on investment of 4-14 months compared to HCWRS with a payback period of 6.5-13.4 years. Using the GIR as a benchmark proved to be a better method than using utility-wide median irrigation application to target homeowners for smart controllers to ensure irrigation reductions." |
Language: | English |
References: | 7 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Davis, S. L., and M. D. Dukes. 2013. Targeting excessive irrigation customers to maximize the benefits to smart controllers. p. 1-4. In Irrigation Show 2013: Technical Session Proceedings. [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association]. |
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