Burlington · Commercial Irrigation
Commercial irrigation systems in Burlington, managed and measured.
SMART Watering Systems provides commercial irrigation services and water management for Burlington office, industrial, retail and multi-residential properties — design, installation, maintenance, and remote monitoring from one in-house certified team.
And in Halton, irrigation waste costs more than you think.
Single combined water + wastewater rate
Our services
Commercial irrigation services we provide in Burlington.
Every Burlington commercial irrigation system we manage is designed, installed, serviced and monitored by our own certified staff — no subcontractors.
Commercial irrigation maintenance & repair
Spring start-up, seasonal service, emergency repair and winterization for Burlington commercial properties.
Irrigation services →Managed irrigation (IMS)
Remote ET-based scheduling, proactive monitoring, and monthly Water Intelligence Reporting.
Irrigation management →Commercial irrigation design
Certified irrigation design for Burlington new builds, retrofits and capital projects.
Irrigation design →Installation & retrofit
Commercial irrigation installation, retrofits, and drip conversions on zones that are wasting water.
Installation & retrofit →Indoor water management & leak detection
24/7 indoor water monitoring and leak detection for Burlington buildings — the other side of the meter.
Indoor water management →Across the GTA
Commercial irrigation and water management in Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Milton and beyond.
Areas we serve →For property owners & managers
What managed irrigation actually does for the person who owns the problem.
You don't want an irrigation system. You want a landscape that looks right, a water bill you can defend, and a phone that doesn't ring at 6pm. Here's how we get you there.
The problem · Water is your fastest-rising controllable cost
Water usage reduction
Most commercial sites are watering on a fixed schedule set years ago. We replace it with ET-based scheduling that responds to actual weather, convert wasteful spray zones to drip, and control at the zone level — so you stop paying $3.3441/m³ to water in the rain.
200M+ litres saved annually across our portfolio
The problem · You find out when the bill arrives
Irrigation leak detection
A broken head or stuck valve doesn't announce itself — it runs overnight, for weeks, until it shows up on an invoice. We watch flow data for anomalies and catch failures in days, not billing cycles.
A 25 L/min leak costs $120/day in Burlington
The problem · Break-fix means you're always reacting
Managed irrigation, not call-outs
Managed sites are monitored remotely. We see the fault, diagnose it, and in many cases correct the schedule or the controller without a truck ever leaving the yard. You hear about it in the report, not from a tenant.
Most issues resolved before a site visit
The problem · Chasing a subcontractor who won't call back
Fast response, in-house
Every crew is ours — certified, badged, and dispatched from our Milton facility. No subcontractors, no finger-pointing, no waiting on someone else's schedule. One number, one company, one accountable party.
Dispatched from our Milton facility
The problem · Ownership asks and you have nothing to show
Reporting you can hand upward
Water Intelligence Reporting: consumption, savings, system health, and every event with its resolution.
With live Water Managers to help
The problem · Compliance is your name on the line
Compliance handled
Backflow prevention requirements, water conservation reporting, and bylaw obligations don't manage themselves. We build and maintain systems with those requirements in mind and coordinate with your compliance schedule.
Records kept, deadlines tracked
And when something does go wrong, one company owns it.
We manage both sides of the meter — the irrigation outside and the water inside. So a failure doesn't become a conversation about whose responsibility it was.
Property types
Commercial irrigation for every Burlington property type.
Industrial
QEW / 403 / 407 · Harvester Road · Appleby Line
Large employment lands with long irrigation runs and a broken line that can run for days before anyone walks past it. At $3.3441/m³ plus a fixed monthly charge that reaches $1,441.53 on a 4-inch meter, waste adds up quickly.
Office
Downtown Burlington · Burlington Mall area · Appleby Line
Campus grounds and podium plantings on restricted access, with no tolerance for daytime disruption. We schedule around building operations and monitor remotely, so most issues resolve without a truck on site.
Retail
Burlington Mall · Mapleview · Appleby Line
Frontage and parking-island plantings carry the property's first impression. Watered overnight so nothing interferes with trading hours — and monitored, because vacant units are where losses hide.
Multi-Residential & Condo
Downtown Burlington · Brant Street · Fairview
Shared amenity landscapes in Burlington pass waste straight to residents and the reserve fund. A managed system with monthly reporting gives boards and property managers a water bill they can defend.
Burlington FAQ
Commercial irrigation in Burlington — your questions.
What does commercial water cost in Burlington?
As of January 1, 2026, Halton Region charges non-residential customers a single combined water and wastewater usage rate of $3.3441 per cubic metre, plus a fixed monthly service charge based on meter size — from $472.93 a month on a 2-inch meter to $1,441.53 on a 4-inch and $3,663.02 on a 6-inch. Halton's usage rate is roughly 31% below the City of Toronto's $4.8629/m³, but every cubic metre your irrigation system uses is still billed at the full combined rate.
Why does irrigation waste cost so much on a Burlington commercial property?
Halton prices commercial water as one combined water and wastewater rate, so a cubic metre that soaks into your landscape is billed at the same $3.3441 as one that goes down a drain. Add a fixed monthly service charge that reaches $1,441.53 on a 4-inch meter, and an irrigation system that runs on a stale schedule, or a leak that nobody catches, becomes one of the easiest line items on a property's utility budget to reduce.
How much can an undetected irrigation leak cost in Burlington?
At Halton's 2026 commercial rate of $3.3441/m³, a continuous 25 L/min leak — roughly a broken head or stuck valve — costs about $120 a day, or $3,612 a month. A slower 10 L/min weep runs about $1,445 a month. Because irrigation often runs overnight and unattended, these failures routinely continue for weeks before anyone notices them on a bill.
Is your team certified for Burlington and Halton Region work?
Yes. We hold the Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) certification, a Landscape Ontario program, and our technicians also hold Irrigation Association certifications including CIT, CIC, CID and CLIA.
How quickly can you respond to a Burlington site?
Our crews are in-house — not subcontracted — and dispatched from our facility in Milton, roughly 20 minutes from most Burlington commercial districts. Managed sites are monitored remotely, so many issues are diagnosed and often resolved before a truck is needed.
Do you work with industrial and office properties in Burlington?
Yes. Burlington's industrial areas along Harvester Road and Appleby Line, and its office and retail corridors, carry sizeable irrigated frontage. Large sites are among the most expensive places for irrigation waste to hide — long runs, few people walking the perimeter, and a fixed service charge that can exceed $17,000 a year on a 4-inch meter alone. These are exactly the sites where continuous monitoring pays for itself fastest.