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Greenfield family 20-22

23-25 South Gap Schulz family

Point Pass
May family

Koongawa

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16-19 Pocock family

Afford family Lameroo

Woods Point

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Grundy family
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Mundoo Island

Balnave family

Penola

BY PAUL PEARCE, conduct scientific trials to verify results with a of Hydrosmart technology has taken their salty,
Hydrosmart owner biologist on the team. hard, scale forming water and unblocked pipes
It is this that has allowed us to grow more and valves and allowed their stock to not just
ATER is one of the greatest resources this and more in popularity and continue to access water but cease scouring and actually
state has, and for more than a quarter of a attract clients throughout all agricultural and put on weight and improve their condition.
W century, we’ve been doing what we can to horticultural sectors. It is a great feeling knowing that this is helping
improve it for South Australian farmers. As the brand has grown, so has my family. I producers.
This passion for quality water has been a now have three “water babies”, as I call them. In some ways, we’re the Hills Hoist of water
long-held one for me. My sons Jai and Zac also work in the world of treatment - taking a local idea and sending
We started with the Pure Water Shop in water, with Zac in the water shop and Jai with it out across the country and world, all from
Parkside - now Adelaide’s oldest - with me at Hydrosmart. Adelaide.
Hydrosmart evolving from that, as I went It has been a process of learning what works Across the years, we’ve received bigger and
looking for natural ways to improve the purity of and developing and improving that throughout bigger interest, to not just helping Australians
water getting to livestock, and make the most the years, to still be ahead of the curve in but exporting this technology to Africa.
of the minerals for crops. sustainable water technology - although not Our next step is to send it to Spain, France
We originally started working with vineyards, much has needed to change since we first and the United States.
sharing our technology, which has no filters, no started doing this. So from one South Australian success story,
chemicals and is low maintenance. But one of my favourite parts of this industry is I hope you enjoy these stories of other South
I think we were originally seen as a maverick hearing the feedback from clients and knowing I Australian farming families who have also built
technology but the feedback kept coming am making a genuine sustainable difference. something that lasts.
through from our clients and we regularly We hear from farmers about how the addition • Details: hydrosmart.com.au