Climate change is driving drought around the world, particularly in our native California. A significant fraction of our water is spent on irrigation. By carefully controlling how we water our plants, we can save water, keep our plants healthy, and help our environment at the same time.

AquaTamer is an app to help individuals, from farmers to home gardeners, to estimate the amount of water their plants need for the type of plant, the location, and the current weather condition. We do this by

1. Identifying the type of plant (you take a picture, and we identify the plant species for you!)

2. Find your location (via GPS)

3. Use NASA's live Evapotranspiration data (from Satellites) to find out how much water will evaporate from that location (from OpenETData.org).

4. Combine all this information to recommend how much water this plant needs this week at this location.

5. Provide weather data so you can tell how much water the plant can get from rain and how much you should provide yourself!