Jim Crockett helped Color Spot eliminate irrigation runoff at its Fallbrook, Calif., facility, avoiding potentially $1.5 million in annual fines.
Water quality is monitored continually, and phosphoric acid or fertilizers can be added to precisely control pH and electrical conductivity.
Integrating weather data into the automated irrigation system greatly increases efficiency.
The majority of the company's irrigation water is collected runoff, which is recycled and reapplied to plants.
Complete computer automation was implemented in July 2002. Now virtually the entire system can be run from a single computer station.
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