WATER AUTOMATION PROJECT

In the pipeline...

How many minutes and how many kilometres do you consume, checking tanks or changing taps?
It is one of those things that we do because we have to, but isn’t it a pain to have to hop off the sprayer and drive to the windmill to change 2 taps so that when you come in for your next load there is water there. We thought so too...

So we have implemented a system that allows us to check water tank level using our smart phones.

 

WATERWATCH SENSORS

At around $700/Unit ex gst. We can now monitor all the major water storage infrastucture located around our property. What use to take in excess of 3 hrs to check in person is now done in under 3 minutes. The built in alerting function notifies us by email if any tank drops by more than 20cm in a reporting period.

The easy to set up device allows you to determine how often the water levels are checked and how often the device reports in. We have set our to checking every 30 minutes and reporting every 90 minutes. The more frequent you set the device to report the shorter the battery life.

WATERWATCH APP

The sensors have picked up a water leak that we weren't aware of which has enabled us to take action to preserve this precious resource on our farm, making this implementation an effective and immediate time saver.

Every element of what we do in regards to food production both crops and animals are dependent on a reliable water source. Previously accountability for water usage is an element that has not been available to us due to the inability to monitor and measure it.