5 Ways Sustainability Services Can Help You
Execute custom water conservation programs to reduce water use by 50% and achieve a payback within 3 years
Comply with local water restrictions and maximize every watering opportunity to avoid fines for noncompliance
Limit liability and reduce damage from overwatering
Monitor system alerts to ensure maintenance issues are identified and completed
Train landscapers and property managers on the best practices and processes for improving water use efficiency and creating resilient landscapes
WATER MATTERS MORE
THE RISING COST OF WATER
WATER RISING FASTER THAN OTHER UTILITY
“The amount that Americans pay for water is rising faster than U.S. inflation and faster than the amount paid to any other utility service — be it gas, electricity, or telephone charges…”
Circle of Blue Survey
IRRIGATION FACTS…
THE FOCUS ON WATER USAGE HAS BEEN ON THE INSIDE WHERE ONLY 30% IS CONSUMED
EPA estimates state that 50% of water used for landscape irrigation is lost due to over-watering, evaporation, or poor irrigation design or maintenance. Our experience on hundreds of monitored sites indicates that savings on many sites can be achieved in the range of 50-70%.
*Source: EPA WaterSense, Circle of Blue
Water Survey, Survey of 173 Financial
Services Monitored Sites
10,000 SITE WATER AUDIT RESULTS
Out of over 700,000 sites in operation, a 10,000 site audit provided the following compelling data.
Bottom line? Properties have the opportunity to cut reduce water use by 50% and save billions of gallons of water and millions of dollars.
Lack rain and freeze detection
Do not receive system inspections
Overwater by 600,000
gallons per acre
Experience damage from
water line breaks
Unaddressed repairs
Average weeks to repair
URGENT
of irrigated water is wasted*
*Source: EPA WaterSense, Circle of Blue Water Survey, Survey of 173 Financial Services Monitored Sites
TOP REASONS FOR OVERWATERING
OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY
Most irrigate according to a fixed number of minutes, without customization for weather, plant type, soil or local conditions. They also typically are not accessible remotely which makes them extremely inefficient and hard to program.
UNIDENTIFIED REPAIRS
Unless closely monitored, broken main lines, broken lateral lines, broken sprinkler heads and other problems will go unnoticed – leading to dramatic water waste.
COMPLICATED SCIENCE
Most properties find it challenging to determine the true plant water requirements. It’s a complicated calculation with multiple variables: soil type, plant type, slope, shade/sun, and sprinkler type.
THE WEATHERMATIC SOLUTION
Our Technology
Smart Controller
Custom settings optimize watering automatically based on plant type, soil type, slope, geography and sun exposure while patented diagnostics monitor system operations.
Sensors
On-site, hyperlocal weather conditions are monitored using the SmartLine Weather Sensor that adapts to your microclimate. Optional flow sensor detects leaks and breaks.
SmartLink Software Application
Internet cloud based connectivity enables transmission of alerts, remote monitoring and programming changes to avoid overwatering and poor maintenance.
Our People
Factory trained and certified irrigation professionals
Industry veterans and thought leaders in product application
Our staff consist of landscape architects and analysts with expertise in plant, water and soil
Worldwide teams provide global knowledge and high quality analytics
Licensed and bonded field technicians experienced in large scale rapid program deployment
Our Process
Plan
Establish available budget for sustainability initiatives, minimum payback requirement and timing.
Prioritize
Prioritize portfolio based on opportunities: water and expense savings, rebates, fine avoidance and restriction compliance.
Upgrade
Upgrade the site with smart irrigation package, create custom watering program, document site maintenance condition, create monthly water use goals, and establish inspection schedule.
Monitor & Inspect
Monitor sites for weather, programming and system changes while tracking equipment status, site alerts and water restriction updates. Re-inspect periodically.
Report
Provide monthly reporting to track minimum payback requirement, water savings performance, and irrigation repairs.
Train
Train landscape contractor and property management on program goals and their roles in achieving success.
THE IMPACT
Case Studies
A 1,000 site case study was performed across varying property types and geographic locations to confirm the results properties experienced by working with Weathermatic Sustainability Services.
Save Water. Give Life.
For every single control system installed you give a person a lifetime supply of clean, save water.
Weathermatic and our partners have already completed safe water projects in countries from El Salvador to Nicaragua to Sierra Leone. Together we’ve impacted schools, villages, and churches to save over 30,000 lives in 100 communities and counting in places like San Luis, San Marcos, Rio Medina, Maximino Barreto, Semilla de Esperanza – to name a few. With your participation, we can do more – much more. Let’s partner to save 125,000 lives!
Goal Progress
Garcon Rosie, 71-year old, said, “Before this intervention, the [water access] situation was critical. We had to travel almost 40 minutes. Sometimes the lives of the children were threatened as they had to cross the highway to collect drinking water. A child almost lost a leg while crossing the road.”
Robinson Yandari Akumbari, a 45-year-old teacher said, “All my students and I collected water from the river for our daily use and to drink. Students always came to class late because they needed to collect water, and I was always afraid of them drowning. Once, a child came to class and, although he was very thin, he had a very swollen belly. I knew he [was sick] and advised his parents to bring him to the health post. They gave him medicine. But as a soon as the pills ran out, he [became sick] again. I knew it was from drinking unsafe water. I knew that to solve this problem, we needed not just medicines but safe water.”
Jean Marie said, “For many months, the community did not have access to safe water. The water well did not work, and the population had to go out of the community to access safe drinking water.” She explained that having safe water “will change a lot as we won’t have to go out of the community to access water.”