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Article: Los Olivos gets watering system
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- September 13, 2009
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UPLAND - The residents at Los Olivos are putting down their hoses
in order to let technology take over.
The public housing project, which is operated by the Upland
Housing Authority, was recently re-landscaped with new turf and
plants as well as a new Web-based controller to monitor watering
schedules.
Prior to the redesign, there was no form of irrigation on the
property at 1200 N. Campus Ave.
Residents manually watered the grass and plants surrounding their
homes with hoses.
The residents are just starting to get used to it, said Mary
Mota, authority project manager.
"We've had to remove hoses because this is a hard habit to
break," Mota said. "They're still wanting to water with their ...