ValleyCrest Forms Strategic Water Management Partnership with Irritrol® Rain Master® Smart Irrigation Control Systems

July 23, 2010

Leading Integrated Landscape Services Firm Selects Innovative Smart Irrigation Control Provider as Preferred Partner RIVERSIDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, the United States’ leading integrated landscape services firm, today announced that it has selected Irritrol’s Rain Master Central Control Systems as a preferred provider for smart, weather-based irrigation controllers. The Rain Master line of central controllers provide customers with precision irrigation solutions to better manage water usage – all while creating healthy landscapes. “ValleyCrest is partnering with Irritrol because we understand the importance of water management for our customers and also the need to simplify the application of complex technologies onto our customers’ properties,” said Roger Zino, president of ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance. Smartly reducing water usage is the right decision for many reasons – it helps lower water and energy costs for property owners, improves plant health, reduces water-related damage to roads, sidewalks, and other site elements, and is just the right thing to do from the standpoint of environmental stewardship. Studies show that without proper water management systems in place a property typically is overwatered by 30 percent. Smart controllers adjust irrigation watering times based upon actual weather conditions; for example, watering less when cloudy and cool and more when warmer and drier. By appropriate application of smart controller technologies, in combination with other water management practices including drought tolerant plantings, use of drip irrigation, hydrozoning, and storm water management techniques, ValleyCrest can make significant differences in the amount of water used on the properties it services.

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