Petaluma, CA - July 8, 2008 - HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., provider of the market-leading WeatherTRAK smart water management solution, today announced its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program as part of its continued commitment to environmental improvement. By participating in Climate Leaders, HydroPoint pledges to reduce its corporate-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The company is among the first low emitters to join this initiative.

"Over the past decade, we've helped leading private and public organizations reduce water use, energy demand and carbon emissions. We're pleased to announce our own commitment to alleviate global climate change by joining the Climate Leaders program," said HydroPoint Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Chris Spain.

WeatherTRAK smart water network subscribers saved an estimated 13 billion gallons of water, 52 million kilowatt hours of power and 70 million pounds of carbon dioxide in the 10-year period since 1998. The CO2 emissions collectively offset by WeatherTRAK subscribers, including fellow Climate Leaders program partners Kohl's Department Stores, Coca-Cola, Johnson Controls and Lockheed Martin Corporation, are equivalent to planting 1.5 million trees.

Landscapes receive more than half of our urban water and are overwatered by 30 to 300 percent. Excess water drains off overwatered landscapes, contributing to the urban runoff pollution that compromises local water supplies. All that wasted water leads to property destruction and liabilities - expenses that run five-to-ten times as high as water costs. Further, water waste translates into energy waste and in turn to the carbon emissions that exacerbate climate change and drought.

The WeatherTRAK solution is proven in studies funded by the Cal/EPA among others to apply the right amount of water at the right time. WeatherTRAK customers simply tell the controller about their plants, soil, slope, and sun exposure, and the system creates a personal watering schedule that is automatically adjusted as the local weather changes. Entire groups of WeatherTRAK controllers can be centrally managed via an easy-to-use website. View a demo.

"EPA applauds HydroPoint for joining the Climate Leaders program. We look forward to working with them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and protect our environment," said Robert J. Meyers, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation.

As a Climate Leader, HydroPoint will expand its current efforts to reduce environmental impact. Currently, the company: designs product packaging to reduce transportation costs and minimize waste, uses automatic on/off lighting controls and fluorescent tubes, cleans with eco-friendly solvents, encourages waste prevention and recycling, and employs "smart" programmed HVAC systems.

In addition to the Climate Leaders program, HydroPoint is active in numerous other environmental stewardship programs including the Alliance for Water Efficiency, Business Council on Climate Change (BC3) and California Urban Water Conservation Council.

By gaining control over their water use, subscribers of HydroPoint's WeatherTRAK solution comply with new conservation legislation and earn US Green Building Council LEED(TM) certification points. WeatherTRAK solutions will also be included in the EPA Water Sense labeling program for smart irrigation controllers.

About Climate Leaders

Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies. Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions based on a quality management system, setting aggressive reduction goals, and annually reporting their progress to EPA. Through program participation, companies create a credible record of their accomplishments and receive EPA recognition as corporate environmental leaders. For more information about Climate Leaders, visit http://www.epa.gov/climateleaders.

About HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

Founded in 2002, HydroPoint is the market and technology leader in smart water management. The company's WeatherTRAK solution conserves more water than previous urban water conservation technologies by a factor of four. The WeatherTRAK solution uniquely delivers a multitude of financial and environmental benefits by revolutionizing management of the area of greatest waste in urban water use: landscape irrigation. Proven in 23 independent studies, the WeatherTRAK solution saves water, reduces energy demand and protects water quality while it minimizes liability and expense exposure. In 2007 alone, 15,000 WeatherTRAK subscribers saved over 6.7 billion gallons of water, 26.9 million kilowatt hours of power and 36.1 million pounds of CO2 while they returned $60 million to their bottom lines. Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., HydroPoint is privately owned and operated. For more information, visit www.weathertrak.com.

WeatherTRAK is a registered trademark of HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

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WeatherTRAK smart water management from HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. is the proven green initiative that enables 13,000 subscribers to improve property valuation by continuously optimizing irrigation and eliminating water-related property destruction and liabilities. Twenty-three independent studies prove that the WeatherTRAK network maximizes water conservation and improves landscape health. A California EPA-funded study proves WeatherTRAK's ability to reduce runoff pollution by 71 percent. Additionally, the WeatherTRAK product line received perfect scores across the board on the Smart Water Application Technologyâ„¢ protocol, developed by a consortium of public agencies to objectively measure smart controller performance. WeatherTRAK solutions are eligible for all public agency rebate programs and meet the highest U.S. standards for irrigation equipment, the State of California's. Headquartered in Petaluma, California, HydroPoint is privately owned and operated. For more information, visit www.weathertrak.com.

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