TUCSON, Ariz. – Rain Bird Golf has unveiled the Smart Pump Challenge, a new Web site that challenges superintendents to find out how much they can save by using Rain Bird’s revolutionary Smart Pump. By going to www.rainbird.com/smartpump and answering a few, short questions regarding irrigation on their golf courses, superintendents can find out how actual flow monitoring – only available with Smart Pump – can help optimize their course irrigation cycles to save them significant time and money.
Ensuring efficiency in every aspect of course irrigation systems, Rain Bird Golf’s revolutionary Smart Pump feature is a powerful central control software tool that improves the performance of pump stations more than any other tool on the market. Available exclusively with Rain Bird’s Central Control Version 5.0 software, Smart Pump uses actual flow to continuously balance system supply and demand in real time.
“Our goal is to make irrigation easier and more cost-effective for superintendents,” said Matthew Mikucki, central control product manager for Rain Bird Golf. “Through the ‘Smart Pump Challenge,’ we’re able to effectively demonstrate how the use of Smart Pump ensures complete and efficient irrigation to allow users to spend less time monitoring and maintaining their systems.”
With Reservoir to Rotor control over the entire irrigation system, Smart Pump acts as an on-site “irrigation supervisor” that is constantly monitoring the system to compare actual flow to the expected flow – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Smart Pump reacts to all field conditions by making real-time intelligent decisions on any action that needs to occur.
Smart Pump is key to extending the use of irrigation systems and reducing water and maintenance costs. Smart Pump allows superintendents to integrate the entire irrigation system, making the system more efficient by continually adjusting the central control system to keep the pump station operating at the most efficient level.
