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exceed its budget. However, forcing the controller to stay in budget can also negatively impact the
health of plant material. Here are some examples:
A reduction limit of 100% causes the controller to potentially not irrigate a Station Group to stay
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within budget.
A reduction limit of 0% will ensure a group is not impacted by the budget at all. While this
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guarantees the plants are watered, it may cause the controller to go over budget.
It is important to consider plant needs while adjusting these settings. For example, there may be a cost
associated with going overbudget. However, that cost is likely much less than having to replace trees
that perished due to lack of deficit irrigation.
Note: This feature is only shown when budget mode is set to Automatically stay in budget.
To adjust the reduction limit of each station group (Figure 61):
1. From Main Menu, navigate to Budgets and select Budget Reduction Limits. The Budget
Reduction Limits screen displays.
2. For each Station Group, use +/- to set how much the controller can scale back irrigation to try to
stay within budget.
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Figure 61: Budget Reduction Limits Screen
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