Lumo Smart Valve and Ops Center

Lumo is a precision irrigation company based in Santa Rosa, California, founded by CEO Devon Wright after he over-irrigated and ran dry his own orchard well. It addresses the execution gap between planned and delivered irrigation, caused by leaks, clogged filters, closed valves and underperforming pumps, for high-value specialty crops.

The Lumo Smart Valve is a wireless, solar-powered, cloud-connected and US-patented valve with a built-in flow meter and onboard computer, removing the need for a separate irrigation controller or trenched wiring. The Lumo Ops Center provides flexible scheduling, minute-by-minute flow data, fault alerts by phone or email and block-level reporting of applied water. Pump automation and a support team that monitors every irrigation complete the platform, which serves wine grapes, apples, cherries, citrus, berries, nurseries, nuts and avocados.

• Smart valve with flow meter: measures flow in real time and reconciles applied volumes to plan.
• Onboard computer: 24/7 remote control without a separate irrigation controller.
• Wireless solar design: solar power and cloud connection avoid trenching wires.
• Ops Center scheduling: pulses or long irrigations at any time of day or night.
• Fault detection: alerts for leaks, clogged filters, closed valves and poor pump performance.
• Pump automation: remote pump control and off-peak operation to cut energy costs.

• Export durian and fruit farms verifying block-level water delivery and detecting leaks in drip systems.
• Agribusinesses with orchards on several sites managing irrigation from one dashboard.
• Farms on time-of-use electricity tariffs shifting pumping to off-peak hours.

• Cuts driving and manual valve work by 25 to 90%, according to the company.
• Lowers pumping costs by 15 to 30% through off-peak and night irrigation.
• Improves quality and yield by 5 to 20% with volume-based, block-level control.
• Typical payback of one to three years, with a subscription model that lowers upfront capital cost.

Growers of high-value crops increasingly need proof that irrigation was delivered as planned, both to protect quality and to report water use under tighter regulation. All-in-one valves with built-in metering suit farms without existing controllers, a common situation in Vietnam's expanding fruit and durian orchards.

Founded by Devon Wright and based in Santa Rosa, California. The company reports 99%+ customer retention and 300% average account expansion last season, with customers growing from 50 to over 2,000 acres. In January 2026 it partnered with distributor Wyatt Irrigation Supply.