• Reduces pressure to desired range for uniformity and safety.
• Assures desired pressure if the source fluctuates.
• Assures desired pressure in hilly terrain.
• Pressure must be greater than desired operating pressure.
• Flow rates must be within the limits of the regulator.
  

• Monitor water use for crop management
• Monitor system for plugging (lower flow rates)
• Monitor system for broken lines (higher flow rates)
• Overall system performance
• Helps with system troubleshooting
• Many styles available to fit the application
• Typically require 10 x 5 rule for installation (10 x pipe dia before and 5 x dia after meter of straight pipe
  length).

Styles

• Pitot Tube: Reads instant flow no totalizer. Typically bolts onto the sidewall of the pipe and short tube is inserted in a drilled hole in the side wall of the pipe. Good for trouble shooting and testing system performance.
• In-Line: Installed in-line typically bolt on or threaded style connections. Total waterflow passes through the device spinning a turbine or impeller. Available with many register options.
• Bolt-on Saddle Type: Installed in-line by cutting a hole in the sidewall of the pipe with the turbine or impeller in the flow path.

• Used to protect pump from large particles on the suction line side
• Helps to keep pump primed
• Self-cleaning available
• Many connection option (Threaded, Glue, Flange, OD Pipe)
• Different body materials (Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Brass, PVC, cast iron)
• Different mesh inlet screen sizes