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General

Name

Aaron Smith
Certifications

CPIC, CID, CLIA, CGIA, CIC, CLWM
Member Category

Professional
Certified Professional Irrigation Consultant

Yes
Company Name

Insight Irrigation, LLC
Company Type

Professional Design Office
Title

Principal
Email

mail@insightirrigation.com
Phone

CCIKWCHMWHOI
Address

Eustis, FL 32736
Service Area

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

Specialties and Projects

Commercial/Industrial/Campus

Cross-brand central control monitoring: Hunter, Rain Bird, Maxicom, Baseline, Tucor and Toro
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Irrigation Modernization, Daytona Beach, FL
Community Development/Master Planning

Permit allocation turned into a water budget for every lot, common area and parcel, from design through build-out and turnover
Victoria Park Irrigation Management and Water Use Permit Assessment, DeLand, FL
Bellalago Maxicom Restoration and Conversion, Kissimmee, FL
Housing Development/Residential

Home-level metering: more than 700 homes read daily, each tracked against its watering schedule and water budget
Water Management/Resource Assessment

Water Management/Resource Assessment
Owner’s authorized agent before all four Florida water management districts: water use permits, compliance reporting and variances
Harbour Isle at Perico Island Water Shortage Variance and Irrigation Management, Bradenton, FL
Florida Water Star and Toho Water Authority Water Efficiency Work, Central Florida
Two SWFWMD watering-schedule variances granted by District order (2026); SFWMD water use permit renewal with a ten-year term (2026)
Certified Irrigation Auditor

IA Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (2005) and Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor (2006); system audits and construction observation

Biography

Education

Rain Bird Academy: Maxicom² Hardware Short Course, Orlando (2005); Advanced Design
ITT Flowtronex pump station school (2008)
Paige Electric: grounding and splicing (2006)
United States Air Force: vehicle maintenance technical training
ASE Master Technician
Certifications/Licenses

Certified Professional Irrigation Consultant (CPIC), ASIC (2025)
Certified Irrigation Designer (CID), Irrigation Association: Commercial (2005); Residential and Golf (2006)
Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA), Irrigation Association (2005)
Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor (CGIA), Irrigation Association (2006)
Certified Irrigation Contractor (CIC), Irrigation Association (2006)
Certified Landscape Water Manager (CLWM), Irrigation Association (2007)
Florida Certified Irrigation Specialty Contractor, SCC131151869
Florida Water Star Accredited Professional (2009)
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot
Biography

Aaron Smith began in irrigation in 1981, learning the business from the ground up alongside his father, Ron Smith, an irrigation contractor in Lake County, Florida. As a mechanic in the United States Air Force, serving during Desert Storm, he built a working understanding of the hydraulics, electrical systems and computer controls that underpin modern irrigation.
After the Air Force he moved into technical design: Head of Irrigation Design at an engineering firm, then director of technical services at a national irrigation consulting firm. He founded Insight Irrigation in 2011 to close the gap between design theory and field reality.
Insight works for the owner — HOAs, CDDs, developers, universities and public agencies — with water managers on a shared on-duty rotation, its own technicians for controller-to-valve field work, and engineering and landscape architecture partners when a seal is required.

Florida Water Star Technical Advisory Committee since 2008. Florida Irrigation Society 2022 Water Conservation Award.

Company

Company Information

Insight Irrigation is an independent irrigation consulting and water compliance firm, founded in 2011 and based in Eustis, Florida. Insight works for the owner — HOAs, CDDs, developers, universities and public agencies — not the installer.

Services include water use permits, compliance and variances as the owner’s authorized agent before all four Florida water management districts; home-level metering that tracks every home against its watering schedule and water budget; cross-brand central control monitoring across Hunter, Rain Bird, Maxicom, Baseline, Tucor and Toro, with in-house technicians for controller-to-valve field work; and irrigation design, audits, construction observation and GPS, ground penetrating radar and drone as-builts.