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Systems and methods of reducing peak water usage

  • US 8,145,359 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2008
  • Issued: 03/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An irrigation management system comprising a microprocessor disposed in an irrigation controller that is programmed to:

  • (a) receive, from a source other than a water supplier involved with water distribution at a consumer site, information affecting peak water use at the customer site;

    (b) receive information on water use at a the consumer site;

    (c) automatically derive a new irrigation schedule having a modified peak water use that is at least partly based on both the information affecting peak water use and the water use at the consumer site;

    (d) execute the new irrigation schedule; and

    wherein the new irrigation schedule comprises the use of a rolling-average of watering duration in the determination of a new irrigation application duration.

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