As a user of ETwater technology, the innovative opportunity for the landscape contractor is huge: Little install time, training landscaping teams on the one interface to manage a variety of controller makes, and the remote capability (not having to travel large distances or restricted access to storage closets or residential garages to change settings) is HUGE.

My account managers used to claim that irrigation maintenance was one of their top pain points, but once ETwater was installed that pain point went away. Domestic tranquility 🙂 In a field where labor resources are scarce, ETwater helped drive higher satisfaction on my landscape team (using the one ETwater controller interface to manage many different makes of irrigation controllers as opposed learning thirty separate interfaces). In addition, these managers were able to take on more clients once the single interface was in place – over 30% more. I haven’t seen another product currently for landscape contractors that drives efficiencies like this one has and does for managing irrigation.

True effectiveness comes when you install ETwater across a single account manager portfolio. That is when you see the effect of a single interface. An ETwater smart controller is like a cable box. If you want HD cable, you need a cable box to get all of the channels. Well, if you wanted irrigation service, an ETwater smart controller is required.

The major difference between the ETwater service and the other standard or smart irrigation controllers is with one simple setting you can begin watering multiple sites and locations over large distances that will water applicably based on the weather pinpointed to the specific irrigation area. Also, the operational advantages of ETwater of training for centrally-managed control and remote access should be a major consideration for every landscape contractor. Can you imagine having thirty different 21” mowers and effectively training your team to utilize them? Well, when you have thirty different irrigation controllers, you are effectively doing the same exact thing. The change to a single irrigation interface was priceless. And being able to do so while using many different host controllers was the most cost efficient way to do so – less than 10 minutes to install the ETwater retrofit smart controller device. You should make this innovative change today. It will enhance your team and client experience in ways you never expected.

– Guest Blogger Jim Cali, McFarlin Stanford