Skydrop™ Smart Sprinkler Controller: The Solution To California’s Water Reduction Mandate

(Newswire.net — May 15, 2015) Lehi, Utah –California Governor Jerry Brown recently passed a mandate reducing water usage statewide by 25% due to the severe drought. (CA Water Restrictions by City) This order puts many Californians in the position of choosing between dry yards, hefty fines or re-landscaping. It’s a choice no one wants to make. That’s why thousands of Californians are making a better choice – the Skydrop Sprinkler Controller. It’s a “best of both worlds” tech solution that significantly reduces consumption (up to 50 %) AND helps maintains healthy landscapes. It’s your meteorologist and master gardener all-in-one and exactly the type of product that water industry experts say is needed.

“Wow! Finally! It’s about time someone built a controller for consumers that manages watering the way we’ve been preaching for years… deep and infrequent. Can’t wait to try it!”  – California Water Manager

Installation is super easy and typically takes about fifteen minutes. Individualized setup is even easier. Owners follow a series of questions that start with zip code and end with questions about types of vegetation, water restrictions, soil, sprinkler type, slope, and shade coverage. Once programmed, Skydrop couples this information with hyper-local weather data (100,000+ weather stations in the U.S.) and continually modifies watering schedules based upon temperature fluctuations, the wind, humidity, precipitation and even solar radiation levels.

What does all this add up to? No wasted water and your landscape gets the right amount of water when it needs it, not when it doesn’t. In fact, the Skydrop controller is so efficient, it earned the EPA’s WaterSense certification. This means the EPA independently verified that the Skydrop sprinkler controller cuts consumption by at least 20%. But that’s not all. WaterSense certification also means valuable rebates are available in many parts of the United States. Some even cover 100% of the purchase price!

For Californians, Skydrop compiled a city by city listing of rebates: http://www.skydrop.com/rebates/

If you live outside California follow this link to find rebate information: http://www.epa.gov/watersense/about_us/watersense_label.html

Bottom line, no one wants to their landscape die, or worse, rip it out. Now, there’s a better choice. The Skydrop Wi-Fi sprinkler controller was designed to smartly conserve water while keeping your landscape healthy and looking its best. Make the same choice so many other Californians have already made – buy a Skydrop controller.