SMART IRRIGATION
Auditing for $avings
A Tennessee landscape company finds its niche using smart irrigation practices for a commercial client.
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or states experiencing drought conditions, water conservation in landscaping is a necessity. But for Tennessee, the sixth rainiest state in the U.S. according to the National Weather Service, concerns of drought don’t often motivate customers to implement more water- efficient landscape methods. Tat changed for Andrew Moberly, CLIA, the irrigation manager at Yellowstone Land-
scape in Nashville, when a client contacted him with a desire to upgrade the irrigation system covering about 2 million square feet of commercial property and save as much water as possible. Tis client, Moberly recalls, wanted to be on the forefront of water conservation in the Nash- ville market. For Moberly, his five-member irrigation team and others who signed onto the project, it
gave them an opportunity to do something revolutionary in the area. Tey installed a weather- based controller and timers and performed extensive audits to perfect the watering process. “In Nashville, it’s kind of an untapped market for this,” Moberly says. “Tis was a perfect opportunity to be that spearhead here.”
The first step To get the ball rolling on this water conservation project, Moberly says it started with getting to know the client. Te two most vital questions he sought to answer were: What are their needs, and what do they want to accomplish through this project? “Tey want to be on the forefront of this national market of water conservation,” Moberly
says. “Tat was their main goal per their company-wide green initiative.” But for a massive plot of fescue turf dotted with warehouses, mixed-use properties and
driveways, this wouldn’t be an easy feat. To meet these water efficiency needs, Moberly knew the first part of the project’s puzzle. Step one, he says, was to change all of the current irrigation timers to weather-based controllers.
BY McKenna Corson
irrigationandlighting.org
Summer 2022 Irrigation & Lighting 13
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