Patent ID: 7899580

Claim:
A method of controlling an irrigation system that includes a first station situated at a first irrigation site, a first irrigation control unit situated at the first irrigation site, and a central control system, the method comprising: receiving at the central control system a first landscape information associated with the first irrigation site; receiving at the central control system a first environmental information associated with the first irrigation site; receiving at the central control system a first water agency information from a water agency, wherein the water agency is a third-party utility company that manages water resources and/or water rights for a locality associated with the first irrigation site; deriving at the central control system a first individual station irrigation schedule for the first irrigation control unit utilizing one or more of the first water agency information, the first landscape information, and the first environmental information; and sending from the central control system to the first irrigation control unit the first individual station irrigation schedule for controlling the first irrigation control unit.