Low water irrigation project phase 2

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The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) and Campus Facilities Services collaboratively funded the Low Water Irrigation Project which improved, made efficient, and modernized the campus irrigation system in three key aspects that conserve water. 1. Weather Stations

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) $

The UC Berkeley campus has a centralized irrigation computer

Campus Facilities Services

The Low Water Irrigation Project

2.Hydrometers and Irrigation Controllers

$$

that communicates with 8 weather stations to control 40

3. Software Update

field controllers. The controllers oversee approximately 1400 valves and serve over 42,000 sprinkler heads. 1. Weather Stations

Each weather station (WS) provides reliable weather information on: • Rainfall

Legend Weather_Station

• Solar and UV Radiation

1 East Asian Library

• Outside Temperature

3 Campanile

2 Mulford

4 Stanley

• Wind

5 Wurster

• Daytime Evaporative Transpiration (ET)

6 Morrison 7 Alumni House

Campanile WS

Case Study: Memorial Glade Controller (M-2) M-2 Irrigation Controller Water Consumption by month June-December 2013-14

Alumni House WS

Quantity (KGL)

1400

Stanley Hall WS

1200 1000 800

2013

600 400

2014

200 0

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: Accumulation Status Report

Total Water Savings: M-2 Controller over 8 months

LBL WS

1,160,080 gal savings

Wurster WS

2.Hydrometers and Irrigation Controllers ARAD Hydrometers (electronic flow meters/ master valves) monitor and measure the flow rate remotely. Old generation irrigation controllers (Scorpio, MIR 500) were upgraded to new generation (XM, ACE, M) which have Ethernet and radio capabilities and have reliable communication.

4,756,023 gallons

3,595,943 gallons

Fiscal Year 13/14

Fiscal Year 14/15

Source: Water Meter Data

The Team

3. Software Update Benefits and advantages of the new Motorola ICC Pro 3: • Muti-User programming for Housing and Athletics • Improved data collection • Monitoring water use down to the valve level • User friendly and easy to navigate • & more!

The user-friendly interface of the new software makes it easy to look at the parameters measured at each weather station

The new software is able to graph and chart metrics like ET daily

Megan Maurino Matt Wolter Gary Imazumi Project Manager Lead Irrigation Ops Manager Plumber


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