Irrigation SMART Controller Rebate qualification

[Andrew]

Any interest in getting the OS qualified for the rebate programs available across the US such as:

SWAT

and

EPA Water Sense

The cool thing is that some of the water company rebates could in essence complete cover the cost of the controller!

[Andrew]

Here’s the info for the MFG testing info:

 

http://www.irrigation.org/SWAT/Manufacturer/Manufacturer_FAQ.aspx

 

[Garrick]

Just this morning, I was reading mail from SoCal Edison about rebates for having a Water-Based Irrigation Controller and I thought to myself, “too bad I bought my opensprinkler so long ago, I missed out on a rebate!”  And then looked further and found the EPA list.

Ray, you should get yourself on that list!

 

[Garrick]

The manufacturer’s FAQ: http://epa.gov/WaterSense/product.html#m1

[Ray]

OK, I’ve received several requests to get OpenSprinkler WaterSense certified. I will be looking into it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[sttomic]

I will be converting my front yard into a drought tolerant landscape and will be applying for a rebate through my city for the work. In order to qualify for the rebate, my city (Sacramento, CA) is requiring applicants to use EPA WaterSense controllers. So this will effectively require me to retire my OSPi. Glad you’re on it. Hope it pulls through.

[Caleb]

I couldn’t find information on the current status of WaterSense certification. Is this available now?

[polarbearshirt]

It looks like OpenSprinkler still isn’t on the EPA WaterSense list. I contacted the WaterSense department and asked if there is anything we can do to get OS added although I haven’t received a reply yet. Does anyone know what needs to be done to get OS EPA WaterSense approved?

[Ray]

We are almost ready to release the ETo adjustment method and once that’s done, we will proceed to apply for WaterSense certificate.

[polarbearshirt]

That’s great! Glad to hear it’s almost ready. Sounds like the Zimmerman method will be replaced with a new adjustment method that is more compliant with WaterSense?

[Ray]

According to our readings of the WaterSense documents, it seems implementing ET is necessary. We do have an initial ET implementation in the opensprinkler-weather github repository. We are doing some final testing right now and hoping to release it as soon as possible.

On a related note, I still don’t quite understand how some of the ‘dumb’ (i.e. none Internet connected) controllers are WaterSense certified, maybe they use just historic ET data without real-time weather data. Any ideas?

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