Utah's Orbit brings high-tech to summer lawn maintenance

NORTH SALT LAKE — Being able to control his home irrigation system from his smartphone saved Riverton resident Greg Palmer from a sad ending to his family vacation last year.While out of town, he received notice that the secondary water system from which he draws would only be available on certain days of the week. On his old, timer-based system, Palmer's lawn would likely have withered to brown. But, thanks to a computer-controlled, climate-based irrigation system he had purchased from Ut