Etepora
Irrigation with just the right water
Etepora is a smart irrigation system that uses the FAO Penman-Monteith model to precisely calculate and replace the exact amount of water lost daily. By connecting only to a weather station, it reduces hardware needs and achieves real water savings of 50-70%. It includes smart flow control to detect leaks and is managed via a cloud platform for large-scale urban water conservation.
Company/Institution
Justwe Corp SpA
Our company is dedicated to the development of solutions that optimize the use of water. Our main product automates and manages the irrigation of squares and parks intelligently, adjusting the amount of water based on daily evapotranspiration. To do this, our equipment connects to weather stations and obtains the necessary parameters to accurately calculate the liters of irrigation required. Thanks to this methodology, we achieved reductions in water consumption that fluctuate between 60% and 70%.
Country
Chile
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Designer(s)
Pedro Alfonso Bravo Zehnder and Rodrigo Quevedo Pocluda
Pedro Bravo Zehnder: industrial civil engineer, systems specialist, with more than 30 years in the design of information systems for banks and companies and builder of electronic equipment based on microprocessors. Pedro prepared the design and developed it with a team of electronics, cloud and WEB specialists, achieving a world-class integrated software-hardware-cloud system.
Rodrigo Quevedo Pokluda: industrial civil engineer from the Catholic University of Chile, businessman specializing in irrigation systems (https://www.my2drops.com/). Rodrigo is the author of the adaptation of the Penman