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EPA Recognize WaterSense Irrigation Partner of the Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized John Taylor, the president of Taylor Irrigation Service, Inc., in Houston, Texas for his outstanding contributions to water-efficiency. Mr. Taylor overhauled his company’s business model to focus on promoting water-smart landscaping and efficient irrigation practices, including WaterSense labeled irrigation controllers. ...
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EPA Cultivates Water-Efficient Landscapes
Washington, D.C. - Just in time for the spring gardening season, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing its first WaterSense label for landscape irrigation. As part of the agency's new water-efficiency partnership program, two certification programs for landscape irrigation professionals received the WaterSense label for their adherence to water-saving techniques. 'Landscapes can ...
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ADB assisting Bangladesh in improving irrigation systems
US$750,000 grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist Bangladesh in implementing a planned multi-million loan project in 2010 that will improve irrigation services and further enhance the country's water sector as a whole. The grant, which was approved by ADB's Board of Directors, will assess existing irrigation systems' operations and maintenance planning, as well as their ...
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Bolivia expands watershed-based irrigation
IDB finances construction of new infrastructure and systems for sustainably managing scarce water resources. Bolivia will build 33 community irrigation systems covering 9,000 hectares in seven Departments throughout the country under a US$34 million program financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. Drawing on lessons from past irrigation programs in Bolivia’s arid and semi-arid regions, ...
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EPA Recognizes WaterSense Partners of the Year for their Efforts in Promoting Water Efficiency
EPA Recognizes WaterSense Partners of the Year for their Efforts in Promoting Water Efficiency WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing its 2013 WaterSense Partners of the Year, including two partners who received the first-ever WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards in recognition of their continuous high level of support. The Partner of the Year awards ...
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EPA Recognizes Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities as WaterSense® Partner of the Year for Promoting Water Efficiency
The Athens-Clarke County (Georgia) Public Utilities was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes the commitment of WaterSense partners in promoting water efficiency to the American public. The award winners’ efforts, along with those of more than 2,700 other ...
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EPA Recognizes The Home Depot as WaterSense® Partner of the Year for Promoting Water Efficiency
The Home Depot, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes the commitment of WaterSense partners in promoting water efficiency to the American public. The award winners’ efforts, along with those of more than 2,700 other ...
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EPA Recognizes Lowe’s as WaterSense® Partner of the Year for Promoting Water Efficiency
Lowe’s, Inc., headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., was among those recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2013 WaterSense Partner of the Year. Lowe’s was one of just two partners who received the first-ever WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards in recognition of their continuous high level of support. The Partner of the Year awards program recognizes ...
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Irrigation Association 2020 Faculty Academy registration now open
The Irrigation Association will be offering both agriculture and landscape versions of its popular Faculty Academy again this year. The two events are free to attend and allow instructors to network with fellow academics and discover irrigation-related curriculum to implement in their classroom. Educators attend Faculty Academy year after year to continue broadening their irrigation knowledge to ...
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Irriwatch and Vinduino Launch Disrupting Irrigation Scheduling Service
Temecula California, May 18, 2020 – Vinduino and IrriWatch today announced that they partner to market and support the IrriWatch solution in the USA, where Vinduino will also use IrriWatch data in their award-winning irrigation automation system. IrriWatch, is the first company to provide highly detailed soil water potential and soil moisture data in the root zone on the basis of ...
By Vinduino LLC
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Over 500 attendees join the agri-evolution!
Agribusiness Congress East Africa 2016 brought over 500 agri-professionals, including visitors, conference delegates and exhibitors to Mlimani City Conference Centre - and that was just day one. Before we kick-off the agri-evolution for one more day, here are some highlights from yesterday. The official welcome ceremony was opened by Agriculture Portfolio Director, Emmanuelle Nicholls ...
By VUKA Group
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BBI South Dealer Spotlight: Sussex Irrigation
Sussex Irrigation, headquartered in the central Delaware town of Laurel, is BBI’s key dealer partner for the Eastern Shore region of northern Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. David Brown, the company’s owner, has built a solid business in delivering Zimmatic irrigation systems to Eastern Shore farmers, offering high levels of precision in watering of crops. About 10 years ago, Brown ...
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Drones help farmers in the Philippines prepare for climate disasters
In a bid to stay ahead of the negative impacts of climate change, floods and typhoons on food security, the Government of the Philippines and FAO have started using unmanned aerial drones to assess where farmlands are most at risk from natural disasters and quickly assess damages after they strike. Under a pilot phase of the still-fledgling project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of the ...
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K Road And SunPower Complete 25-Megawatt McHenry Solar Plant For Modesto Irrigation District
Modesto Irrigation District (MID), K Road Power Holdings, LLC (K Road) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced today the completion of K Road's 25-megawatt (AC) McHenry Solar Plant in Modesto, Calif., which was designed and constructed by SunPower. The project created nearly 150 construction jobs, and is generating the equivalent amount of power for approximately 6,000 homes. "The McHenry ...
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Agriculture Industry Veteran Kylen Hunt Joins GroGuru as VP of Business Development
Kylen Hunt, a precision agriculture Industry veteran has joined the GroGuru management team as the vice president in business development. In this role, Kylen is focused on developing new business opportunities in agriculture for GroGuru including strategic partnerships and market channel partners. According to Kylen, "Our objective is to connect great technology with great people and as a ...
By GroGuru
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