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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
John W. Addink, Riverside, CA (US);
Sylvan Addink, Riverside, CA (US);
John W. Addink, Riverside, CA (US);
Sylvan Addink, Riverside, CA (US);
Aqua Conserve, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods in which an irrigation management system reduces high peak water use values by utilizing a microprocessor () disposed in an irrigation controller () to receive peak water use information from a water supplier receive water use information at a consumer site and automatically derive a new irrigation schedule that is at least partly based on the information received. The new irrigation schedule, derived by the microprocessor (), may include a modification in a default irrigation frequency, a modification in a default irrigation start time(s), a reduction in a default irrigation application duration, the use of a rolling-average in the determination of the new irrigation application duration and other changes or modifications to the default irrigation schedule that will provide for the reduction in high peak water use values. Additionally, the microprocessor will display to the water user and/or third parties details on the new irrigation schedule and information received from the water supplier.