Irrigation Industry Links

Sprinkler Manufacturers

• Sprinkler Sentry, Inc. Manufacturer of specialty risers for sprinkler heads. If the sprinkler head is broken off, these risers automatically shut off the water flow to the head, preventing a geyser of water from spraying out of the broken connection.
• Hunter Industries, Inc. Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• K-Rain Manufacturing Corp. Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• L.R. Nelson Corporation Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• Maxijet, Inc. Mini-sprinklers.
• NAAN Irrigation Systems Spray, rotor, and mini-sprinklers.
• Rain Bird International Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• The Toro Company Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• Weathermatic Spray and rotor type sprinklers.
• Weather-Tec Corp. Rotor type sprinklers.
• West Ag Irrigation Products Spray and rotor type sprinklers, emphasis on brass products.
• Dig Corporation Mini-sprinklers

Valve Manufacturers

• Bermad, Inc. Manufacturer of large specialty valves used for pressure and flow control.
• Hunter Industries, Inc. Electric Valves.
• KBI (King Bros. Industries) High quality plastic ball valves, check valves, gate valves and other specialty valves.
• L.R. Nelson Corporation Electric valves, quick coupler valves.
• Rain Bird International, Inc. Electric valves, quick coupler valves.
• The Toro Company Electric and hydraulic valves, quick coupler valves.
• Watts Regulator Co. Pressure regulating valves.
• Weather-Matic Electric valves, quick coupler valves.
• West Ag Irrigation Products Brass manual operated valves, quick coupler valves.
• Dig Corporation Electric valves.
• Conbraco Industries, Inc. Ball valves. Specialty valves for pressure and flow control.
• Flomatic Corporation Specialty valves for pressure and flow control. Air/vacuum release valves. Check valves

Controller Manufacturers

• Hunter Industries, Inc. Irrigation controllers.
• L.R. Nelson Corporation Irrigation controllers.
• The Toro Company Irrigation controllers.
• Dig Corporation Battery operated controllers.
• Irrometer Company, Inc. Manufacturer of soil moisture sensor systems. Tensiometers, solid state electronic moisture sensors, and sensor control panels.
• Rain Bird International, Inc. Irrigation controllers.
• Weather-Matic Irrigation controllers.
• V.I.T. Strong Box Controller enclosures.

Drip Equipment Manufacturers

• Strong Injectors Automatic Proportionate Fertilizer Dispenser Manufacturer.
• Agricultural Products, Inc. Manufacturer of drip irrigation components for both agriculture and landscape.
• Ametek/Plymouth Products Division Manufacturer of water filters.
• Aquapore Moisture Systems, Inc. Manufacturer of porous drip tubing.
• Everfilt Corporation Drip Equipment Manufacturer.
• Automatic Filters Inc. Manufacturer of high flow filters for large irrigation systems.
• Chapin Watermatics, Inc. Drip irrigation emitters, specialty emitters for nurseries, and drip tape.
• Drip In Irrigation Drip tubing with built-in emitters.
• Geoflow, Inc. Subsurface drip irrigation systems.
• Netafim Irrigation, Inc. Subsurface drip irrigation systems.
• Rain Bird International, Inc. Drip irrigation equipment.
• NAAN Irrigation Systems Drip tubing with built-in emitters.
• The Toro Company Drip irrigation equipment.
• Dig Corporation Drip irrigation equipment

Backflow Preventer Manufacturers

• Febco Backflow preventers.
• Hot Box Backflow preventer enclosures for vandalism/frost protection.
• The Toro Company Plastic pressure vacuum breakers.
• V.I.T. Strong Box Backflow preventer enclosures.
• Conbraco Industries, Inc. Backflow preventers.
• Flomatic Corporation Backflow preventers.

Pipe and/or Fittings Manufacturers

• Flo Control, Inc. Check valves, compression fittings, repair fittings, other special use pipe fittings.
• King Bros. Industries Repair couplings, PVC unions, flexible risers, other special use pipe fittings.

Miscellaneous Irrigation Product Manufacturers

• Barebo, Inc. Manufacturer of decorative floating fountains for pond aeration.
• Berkeley Pumps, Sta-Rite Ind., Inc. Manufacturer of pumps.
• Blackburn Manufacturing, Co. Flags for marking sprinkler locations.
• Claude Laval Corporation Water filtration equipment - sand separators. Video monitoring equipment for visually checking wells from the inside.
• Cornell Pump Company Irrigation pumps.
• Irrometer Company, Inc. Manufacturer of soil moisture sensor systems. Tensiometers, solid state electronic moisture sensors, and sensor control panels.
• Dynamax, Inc. Weather stations. Soil moisture sensors.
• Everfilt Corporation Water filtration systems.
• IPS/WELD-ON PVC cement (glue).
• Watertronics Pumping Systems Prefabricated pump systems for all sizes of irrigation systems, including residential.
• Watts Regulator Co.

Irrigation Equipment Suppliers

• Irrigation Station
• Longhorn Landscape & Irrigation Supply
• Ewing Irrigation Products
• Pipe'n Heads
• Goldthwaite's of Texas

Other Irrigation Links

• McCullough Cover-up Irrigation ditch backfill machine.
• Software Republic (RainCAD)
• Irrigation On-Line

Government and Education

http://www.wateright.org/

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-33-a.html

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-33-b.html

• Introduction to Cross Connection Control
• Texas A&M School of Irrigation
• The Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research at USC

Water Harvesting

http://www.rainwaterpillow.com/

http://www.buildinggreen.com/menus/entries.cfm?HeadingID=109

http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/planning/whm.pdf