Rain Watch & Minimum ET Central Control Software

Minimum ET is another exclusive Rain Bird feature designed to promote healthy turf and water conservation through the use of advanced ET management techniques. With Minimum ET and a weather station, the watering cycle is determined with scientific precision, as opposed to scheduling your run times in advance for alternating days. Minimum ET allows superintendents to define and set a minimum threshold before automatic irrigation takes place.

RainWatch is the first water management tool in the golf industry capable of making irrigation decisions based on the type of rainfall as it is happening. As a result, irrigation systems take full advantage of rainfall while the sprinklers are running.
The patent-pending RainWatch technology features the use of up to four standard rain cans that measure rain as it falls. These measurements determine the type of rain event the site is experiencing, and appropriate reactions are taken based on this information. During a quick cloudburst, RainWatch will automatically suspend any running sprinklers while continuing to measure the rain. Once the storm passes, irrigation will resume with sprinkler runtimes reduced by an amount equivalent to the measured rain.