Bay Area's Largest HOA Selects ET Water

HOA - Rossmoor, Walnut Creek, CA

Rich Perona, Landscape Manager at Rossmoor in Walnut Creek, CA, has an immense piece of property to manage — 2,600 acres of landscape and buildings and another 700 acres of open space with almost 10,000 residents in about 7,000 units. This keeps scores of full–time landscape professionals busy. With so much property under irrigation, the labor costs for watering schedule adjustments on hundreds of commercial controllers are very sizeable. Cutting these costs and reducing water bills, while maintaining landscape quality, is a high priority.

Goals:
Automate schedules
Reduce labor costs
Cut water bills

“On the first ET Water Smart Controller that we installed October 2005, we reduced our water bill on that water meter by 53%. WOW, what a great savings. We are looking forward to future savings on our water bills next year with the installation of the new ET Water controllers. In addition, Rossmoor has been able to save on labor by not having to reprogram controllers during times of extreme weather conditions.”

Rich Perona
Landscape Manager
Rossmoor, Walnut Creek