The City of Calgary – Water Managed Sites Program (WMS)

How can ExactET help with your City of Calgary WMS application and maintain compliance?

ExactET will ensure you are compliant with the WMS program and acts as your agent for the application.

  1. Assessment & Audit: An ExactET CLIA analyzes your current system, quantifies water use, and suggests improvements.
  2. System Upgrades: They ensure you have a dedicated meter/totalizer, a smart controller, and automated leak detection.
  3. Application Submission: They complete the application form and submit it to the City of Calgary on your behalf.
  4. Annual Reporting: They handle the annual performance reporting to maintain your certification.

To have ExactET begin the application process and for more information CLICK HERE

    What is the City of Calgary Water Managed Sites Program?

    • This program allows irrigation through stage 1-3 water restrictions that can be imposed by The City of Calgary.
    • The Program is designed to provide efficient water usage, not only when restrictions are in place but, throughout the season.
    • A certified Water Managed Site must report an annual water reduction of 25% every year over a baseline timer schedule
    • Once the 25% reduction is recognized by The City of Calgary, a WMS can continue irrigating (with relaxed watering reductions) during outdoor watering restrictions from Stages 1-3
    • For information from the City of Calgary, click here

    What is required to become a Water Managed Site?

    • A dedicated irrigation water meter (or meter totalizer for Tier 2 if a dedicated irrigation meter is not installed).
    • A Smart Controller utilizing weather and/or on-site environmental sensors.
    • A Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA).
    • Automated Leak Detection (irrigation flow sensor & master valve).
    • Certification from the City of Calgary (completed by ExactET’s CLIA).
    • Annual performance measurement (completed by ExactET).

    How does my property become Certified with the City of Calgary?

    Your ExactET CLIA will analyze the irrigation system and landscape, quanify water use and ways to save water, suggest repairs and efficiency improvements, and review sprinkler layout and efficiency.

    ExactET will then complete a “zone flow test” using your properties independent water meter and calculate the flow for each irrigation zone.

    Once completed, your ExactET will submit all of the gathered information to the City of Calgary for certification.

    What happens once my property is a Certified Water Managed Site?

    Once the application has been approved by the City of Calgary and your property will now be a Certified Water Managed Site

    This certification will allow irrigation to continue (at a reduced rate) through Stage 1-3 water restrictions. More importantly your property will NOT be limited to specific watering days or the manitory 2 hour water window.

    This will keep you landscape healthy through the water restictions protecting your investment to your properties green space.

    Our Growing List of Water Managed Sites

    WHY CHOOSE EXACTET TO CERTIFY FOR THE WATER MANAGED SITES PROGRAM?

    Over 20 Years of Experience

    We have been saving water for properties for over 20 years and proven results to back it up. Our clients are mostly in the commercial with some residential and HOA’s.

    High Quality Weather Data

    We use a fleet of Campbell Scientific Weather Stations with Professional Grade weather sensors and instruments ensuring the best data is used for automated irrigation events. Other irrigation systems are connected to “open source” low quality data (Temu Weather Stations) that are unreliable.

    Thorough Site Assessments

    Using manufacture specications, irrigation sprinkler design and layout, microclimate, plant type, etc., we curate site specific programs to ensure maximum efficiency during every automated irrigation event.

    Accurate ET Calculations

    Evapotranspiration calculations (ET) and effective rainfall calculations (water held within the rootzone of the plant).

    Remote Operations

    The Smart Rain App will allow Irrigation Contractors, Building Operators, Property Managers, Condo Board Members, etc. a visual understanding of the property for ease of use. We can assign multiple levels of access to ensure proper use of the system and unauthorized changes are not made.

    Cellular Control and Monitoring

    ExactET uses SmartET Irrigation Control System. This is a cellular IoT control system which means we can operate and implement changes anywhere in the world automatically, or, by the flick of a switch.

    Have questions? Contact us for more information!

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