Arduino for a small washer pump?

When you're carrying a hammer, everything tends to look like a nail. I'm certain that what you want could be done with an Arduino and an RTC chip and a relay driver circuit. It would be great fun to do.

But if you only want it to work, couldn't you achieve that using an NE555 to control the 'spray' duration via a relay and an ordinary domestic timer (like you already have) to control how often it sprays?