How much water and money can be saved?
The amount saved varies, but in a temperate climate with average rainfall savings are usually substantial. There are several factors involved in determining how much a Mini-Clik can reduce water usage: how often it rains, whether or not the controller is left on for automatic operation, and the amount of water applied by the system per cycle. Basically, if you know the water costs in your area and how much water is being applied per watering cycle by the whole system, then you will know how much is being saved each time the Mini-Clik interrupts the sprinkling cycle because of rainfall. As an example, take a system that irrigates 1 acre of turf and is set to run each zone so that the equivalent of 3/16″ of water is applied per cycle. Volumetric calculations determine that 2500 gallons of water are being applied over the 1 acre of turf per cycle. Using the water cost table for the Washington, D.C. area, it costs $1.96/thousand gallons or for our example, $4.90 for the 2500 gallons. There
