“Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Everyone loves a green lawn. Throughout the U.S., lush, well-groomed lawns denote a sense of prosperity. Let’s face it, many of us spend hours upon hours tending our lawns. According to Gitnux, homeowners in the U.S. spend approximately “40 billion annually on lawn care services.” According to the EPA however, up to “50% of the water used outdoors to irrigate lawns and other sources is lost due to wind, evaporation and runoff caused by inefficient irrigation methods and systems. A household with an automatic irrigation system that isn’t properly maintained and operated can waste up to 25,000 gallons of water annually..” That, my friends, is a lot of water!!!
Today we are speaking with Ali Sabti, founder of Oto Lawn, a developer of environmentally sustainable irrigation systems. Ali’s “journey” began at a very young age. While still in grade school, the insatiably curious and clever young Ali learned to code and built his school’s first website. His entrepreneurial drive continued through high school where developed several e-commerce sites.
The idea for Oto Lawn came several years later after Ali, (now a full-fledged mechanical engineer), had purchased his first home. Environmentally friendly solutions for lawn care and in particular, lawn irrigation systems were not readily accessible. Never one to back away from a challenge, Ali put his problem solving skills to work.
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