In Austin it’s a two hundred dollar fine for non-compliance to the watering restrictions, which even includes the regulation that if your yard becomes saturated so that water runs from your yard and down the street, you are violating the watering restriction.

But Stevie Ray Webb has figured out a way to make sure that he can water his lawn, and not end up owing the city of Austin a whopping fine for doing it. It’s very simple really. During the allocated watering time, Stevie sets the XCam2 on a measuring gauge, or as Stevie puts it "a bowl," and when the bowl fills up, then it’s time to turn off the sprinkler.

"During the allocated time I can water my lawn," Stevie says, "and go into the house and watch my favorite videos. And then I can scan the status of my watering at the same time."

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