By adding the low cost to run Hydrosmart system to livestock and cropping operations has the advantage of improving performance
To improve the quality and ensure the integrity of farm water, South Australian-based agricultural water engineering specialist Hydrosmart has pioneered across 25 years its truly innovative physical water conditioning system.
Livestock producers have found it can help to optimise stock weight gains and provide protection from illness and disease, ensuring higher overall productivity.
The system is tried and proven across all agricultural segments, and as a result Hydrosmart now offers clean water solutions for pivots and flood irrigators all around the country.
Hydrosmart CEO Paul Pearce said the electronic system was designed to help farmers improve the quality and performance of highly-mineralised, hard, salty, iron or calcium/gypsum-affected water from bores, rivers, town mains and saline areas.
He said it was based on particle physics research, which has established that scale layers and corrosion problems are related to how well minerals in water are dissolved. Their systems and processes have met with resounding success.
Paul continued, “Because our Hydrosmart system dissolves a broad range of minerals that build-up in water pipes, the water flows easier. And, when dissolved, the minerals are kept longer in suspension – without building-up to form new scale.
“These minerals then run out with the water through the pipes, pipeline drippers, sprayer units or other equipment that is in full-time contact with treated water. “After water treatment, the minerals become a valuable asset because they are better able to be metabolised by plants and animals.” There are a range of products available.
“Our new HydroMAX unit is capable of working powerfully on very hard water in large pipe flows used for flood irrigation and centre pivots with a range of exciting outcomes now being reported for numerous growers,” Paul added.
“Dave Prosser in Marcollat SA was about to retire his pivot due to poor lucerne growth and pivot corrosion when instead, he fitted a 225mm HydroMAX system and saw a rapid response on water of 3550 conductivity as his crop yielded more than he had seen for years.
“The salts on soil inside the drop zone disappeared, also he reported that the same treated water used around his homestead on lawns and gardens had them all take off.”
“Similarly, in Tintinara, centre pivot grower Michael McCabe, who used screwdriver trial to assess soil hardness, saw the white salts on soils rapidly disappear, his crop yielded 25% more, greater flowering and vigour was observed by his agronomist also and his screwdriver slid into soils instead of taking great pressure to push into soil as had always been the case prior,” Paul concluded.
Hydrosmart is a family business as Paul and both his sons Zac and Jai are taking on the next generation of water care.
Farmers use the Hydrosmart system to address a range of water issues for stock, pasture, crops, viticulture and horticulture.
Check on how the Hydrasmart system can improve water flow within your operation, call on tel: 1300 138 223, email: info@.hydrosmart.com.au or see more on the website.