Eco-Drip ​Refines Drip ​Irrigation ​Control ​

Eco-Drip, a longtime driver of row crop use of drip irrigation, is launching the Eco III Pro controller.

"This is a comprehensive control system that can manage a drip irrigation system in many ways," says Eric Elle, product development manager.

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He rattles off the versatile control options including multiple-zone control, time to apply water, flow rates, fault detection, applying based on percent of evapotranspiration, and decision-making based on water in the soil profile. "We can control the entire farm from this controller," he says. "And farmers can manage their systems from anywhere using the device of their choice."

This controller, designed for drip and micro-irrigation systems, can interface with in-soil sensors to "know" the amount of water that needs to be pushed into the soil profile. The system can manage a range of irrigation setting options, and it can independently control and set valve application parameters across the farm.

One area of interest is managing water by knowing evapotranspiration. "We can generate that information through the controller using weather data," Elle says. "We connect to the on-farm weather station for that information, and the controller can apply water based on that data."

Tighter water control
The system has the connectivity tools for use in monitoring a system as well. The Eco-Drip Konect Service is a website that collects, archives and presents a farm's data in a range of ways, but keeps information secure. By enabling this service, a producer can see what's happening across all zones in the system using a smartphone or tablet.

And there are tools a farmer can use to provide targeted access to that information to trusted advisers, too.

An area of growing interest is the web-based dashboard that provides an at-a-glance view of what's happening. For pivot controllers this has been available for some time; the Eco III controller brings that functionality to the drip irrigator. With a dashboard view, you can see how each zone is working, and make changes as needed based on other information you may have.

The system can also provide a range of alerts during operation to keep you informed if things go wrong, or if you just want status updates.

The controller can interface with a range of sensors.

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