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Inglis family

Merriton and Glendambo

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Mills and Horne family Zadow family

Cleve and Cowell Galga

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Oster family

Winulta

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Mumford family Meningie

Redhill and Kangaroo Island

D ec ad es of w or k h e l p s enhance v i tal resou rce
Decades of work helps enhance vital resource

RODUCERS can ensure their livestock carrying pipes, the water flows easier,” he said. was observed by his agronomist also and his
have access to healthy drinking water “And, when dissolved, the minerals are kept screwdriver slid into soils instead of taking great
P using a system that softens hard water longer in suspension - without building-up to pressure to push into soil as had always been
sources for decades with no maintenance. form new scale. the case prior.”
This can help to optimise stock weight gains “These minerals then run out with the water- Mr Pearce said that meant healthier livestock
and provide protection from illness and disease, through the pipes, pipeline drippers, sprayer and increased crops for all types of farmers and
ensuring higher overall productivity, while units or other equipment that is in full-time all property sizes.
scouring is commonly ceased when lactating contact with treated water. He said the technology has proven itself as
cattle and calves drink treated water. “After water treatment, the minerals become a sustainable, long-term and effective at tackling
To improve the quality and ensure the valuable asset because they are better able to Australia’s diverse - and often harsh - water
integrity of farm water, South Australian- be metabolised by plants and animals.” challenges to boost agricultural business returns.
based agricultural water engineering specialist There are a range of products available. Hydrosmart is a family business as Paul and
Hydrosmart has pioneered, across 25 years, “Our new HydroMAX unit is capable of working both his sons Zac and Jai Pearce are taking on
its truly innovative physical water conditioning powerfully on very hard water in large pipe flows the next generation of water care.
system - and they love what they do. used for flood irrigation and centre pivots with a Hydrosmart has been working nationally with
Tried and proven across all agricultural markets, range of exciting outcomes now being reported family farming businesses for about 25 years to
they now do pivots and flood irrigators also. for numerous growers,” Mr Pearce said. help them improve on-farm water quality and
Hydrosmart chief executive officer Paul Pearce “Dave Prosser in Marcollat was about to retire systems.
said the electronic system was designed to his pivot due to poor lucerne growth and pivot “After working in water for so many years, I
help homeowners and farmers improve the corrosion when instead, he fitted a 225 millimetre believed it was definitely something everyone
quality and performance of highly-mineralised, HydroMAX system and saw a rapid response on needed - good water or bad water that does
hard, salty, iron or calcium/gypsum-affected water of 3550 conductivity as his crop yielded good things,” Mr Pearce said.
water from bores, rivers, town mains and saline more than he had seen for years. “I started some good partnerships with
areas. “The salts on soil inside the drop zone scientists and we have a biologist and electrical
He said it was based on particle physics disappeared, also he reported that the same engineer in the team.
research, which has established that scale layers treated water used around his homestead on “We found we could add real value to water
and corrosion problems are related to how well lawns and gardens had them all take off.” by using frequencies and a little bit of electricity,
minerals in water are dissolved. “Similarly, in Tintinara, centre pivot grower without any filters or consumables, and no waste
Their systems and processes have met with Michael McCabe, who used screwdriver trial streams.”
resounding success. to assess soil hardness, saw the white salts Mr Pearce said farmers used the Hydrosmart
“Because our Hydrosmart system dissolves a on soils rapidly disappear, his crop yielded 25 system to address a range of water issues for
broad range of minerals that build-up in water- per cent more, greater flowering and vigour stock, pasture, crops and horticulture.