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Oregon Award Applauds Water Savings In Switch to Weather-Based06-19-06 | News

Oregon Award Applauds Water Savings In Switch to Weather-Based




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Port of Portland employees display BEST Award, presented for water-saving switch to weather-based controllers.


Controllers In Portland, Ore., there?EUR??,,????'???s more evidence that weather-based controllers save water. The City of Portland awarded its Business for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow Award to the Port of Portland for switching to weather-based irrigation controllers.

As part of a pilot program with the Portland Water Bureau, the Port of Portland installed weather-based controllers at two sites, cutting water consumption by 30 to 40 percent. The controllers are credited with saving 1 million gallons of water in 2004-05.

Courtesy of Irrigation Association

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