Net Irrigate announced early this year that version 3.0 of our hardware would support dual pulse inputs. We envisioned a common installation would involve both a flow meter and a rain gauge, such that a true “net irrigation” could be captured and analyzed via our web based software.
With the support of our finest Texas customers, we are pleased to see that this vision of capturing a true “net irrigation” amount is becoming a reality. Rainfall in the Texas High Plains was collected at over a dozen sites in the past week and immediately transmitted to netirrigate.com through a Rain Gauge Tipping Bucket.
Producers now have the added benefit of configuring real-time alerts such that they can be notified when it starts or stops raining at a particular irrigation site. Likewise, the amount of rainfall can be easily viewed at netirrigate.com allowing them to strategically determine if the desired “net irrigation” amount has been met, thereby allowing them to perhaps stop their irrigation system. We hope this added functionality to our service can ultimately result in less ground water pumped and energy consumed.
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