By this time next year Peterson Air Force Base will have a high tech irrigation system that acts like an achy elbow – it will sense when it’s about to rain.
The 21st Space Wing Civil Engineer Squadron is installing an intelligent irrigation system that will shut down when its built-in weather system shows even an eighth of an inch of rain. With the cost of water on Peterson Air Force Base expected to increase by 12 percent each year for the next six years, nobody wants the sprinklers running in the rain, said Jim Jacobsen, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron energy manager.
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