A system of apparatuses comprising: sensor equipment including one or more sensors (140, 142) disposed on a parcel of land; watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel; a user terminal; and a gateway configured to communicate with the sensor equipment, the watering equipment, and the user terminal, whereby the watering equipment includes a watering pump, the watering pump being operably coupled to a water source and a water line to alternately couple the water source to and isolate the water source from the water line, and the watering pump incorporates communication circuitry including processing circuitry for controlling the watering pump and an antenna for enabling the water pump to communicate with the gateway, whereby the processing circuitry is configured to: determine an operational mode of the watering pump; and direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode, characterized in that the watering pump comprises memory to locally store default settings or the last received instructions, and the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a loss of connectivity to the gateway or the sensor (140, 142), whereby the processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the first instructions received from the gateway, a volume mode of the watering pump, whereby in response to the detection of the loss of connectivity, the processing circuitry employs a last determined operational mode and volume mode or overrides the last received instructions from a user regarding the selected operational or volume mode and switches to a default setting. sensor equipment including one or more sensors (140, 142) disposed on a parcel of land; watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel; a user terminal; and a gateway configured to communicate with the sensor equipment, the watering equipment, and the user terminal, whereby the watering equipment includes a watering pump, the watering pump being operably coupled to a water source and a water line to alternately couple the water source to and isolate the water source from the water line, and the watering pump incorporates communication circuitry including processing circuitry for controlling the watering pump and an antenna for enabling the water pump to communicate with the gateway, whereby the processing circuitry is configured to: determine an operational mode of the watering pump; and direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode, characterized in that the watering pump comprises memory to locally store default settings or the last received instructions, and the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a loss of connectivity to the gateway or the sensor (140, 142), whereby the processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the first instructions received from the gateway, a volume mode of the watering pump, whereby in response to the detection of the loss of connectivity, the processing circuitry employs a last determined operational mode and volume mode or overrides the last received instructions from a user regarding the selected operational or volume mode and switches to a default setting. determine an operational mode of the watering pump; and direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode, characterized in that the watering pump comprises memory to locally store default settings or the last received instructions, and the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a loss of connectivity to the gateway or the sensor (140, 142), whereby the processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the first instructions received from the gateway, a volume mode of the watering pump, whereby in response to the detection of the loss of connectivity, the processing circuitry employs a last determined operational mode and volume mode or overrides the last received instructions from a user regarding the selected operational or volume mode and switches to a default setting.