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This paper describes a software program called "Wateright". The program references a specified California Irrigation Management Information System weather station to develop a site-specific irrigation scheduling guideline for the user. Wateright is designed to be both an educational tutorial about weather-based irrigation scheduling and to provide irrigation schedule guidelines for local areas. The tutorial utilizes animation and text examples to educate the user on weather-based irrigation scheduling principles and practices. The program serves three end user groups: homeowner, heavy turf, and agriculture.