New Water Saving Technology
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The head of the body which manages horticultural irrigation in Western Australia's Gascoyne region hopes new technology will save growers water and money
The Gascoyne Water Co-operative (GWC) recently started using a remote monitoring system to keep track of its 10 water bores north of the Gascoyne River.
GWC chairman Rod Sweetman said the system should mean more efficient management of water resources in the often-dry region.
"Until a couple of weeks ago, everything was manually run," Mr Sweetman said.
"You would read gauges and then set the number of pumps you wanted running.
"Now with the telemetry system everything is programmed in.
"The bores come online automatically and maximum pressure points automatically take them offline."
A traffic light system allows Mr Sweetman to monitor any disruption to bore pumping in real-time.
"Green is for go. That means the bore is running healthily," he said.
"Yellow indicates the bore is on standby but is healthy, and red means something is wrong.
"It means wherever I am, I can monitor the bore field, and at the first sign of a problem I am sent an SMS."
System helps track members' usage
As well as allowing the timely management of any disruptions to water service, Mr Sweetman said the system also would allow tracking of the water usage of the co-op's 185 members.
"There is a radio transmitting unit at each site, which is wired into the flow meter," he said.
Source: ABC
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Interesting to see how GWC handles its bores in order to save growers water and money. What does GWC do to prevent irrigation water from evaporating?