IFAS Extension
Smart Irrigation Controllers: What Makes an Irrigation Controller Smart?
Michael Dukes
Other Contacts: Bernardo Cardenas-Laihacar
Release Date: 12/3/2025
Water Resources
Abstract
A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.
About this Publication
This document is AE442, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2009. Revised May 2021 and March 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Dukes, M. D. (2009). Smart Irrigation Controllers: What Makes an Irrigation Controller Smart? EDIS, 2009(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae442-2009
Authors
Michael Dukes
Specialist
University of Florida
director, UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program, associate dean for special initiatives, UF/IFAS Extension, professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL
Contacts
Bernardo Cardenas-Laihacar
staff
University of Florida
research coordinator, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication