It is critical that Irrigation Managers and Water Supply Authorities have access to timely and accurate data.
Cropsol specialize in designing monitoring systems for individual situations, and also installing and maintaining these unique systems.
Some of these applications include:
Soil Moisture Monitoring - Constantly logging sensors installed in the rootzone of the crop allows clients to:
- Increase yield and quality
- Manipulate plant growth
- Predict irrigation run times and daily water use.
- Avoid waterlogging
- Avoid under watering
- Reduce Fertilizer wastage
Water Flow Monitoring - by remotely accessing constant water flow data clients can:
- Control irrigation pumps and valves
- Better manage tail water drainage
- Calculate irrigation efficiencies
Salinity Monitoring - varying salinity levels in the soil and irrigation water can dramatically effect a crops performance.
By better monitoring these aspects, clients can
- Track fertilizers in irrigations, and monitor uptake by plants.
- Constantly log irrigation supply, and generate pager/telephone alarms when EC levels rise.
Water Level Monitoring - clients are able to continuously monitor the water levels of dams, piezometers and channels, and thereby:
- Control head levels in channels and dams
- Monitor aquifers during pumping
- Ensure optimum flow rates for pumps
- Monitor dam and channel water losses.
Wastewater - using a combination of rootzone and sub-rootzone electrical capacitance sensors, Cropsol is able to:
- Track nutrient and water movement below ground
- Ensure optimum efficiency of wastewater disposal, and achieving Best Management Practice
- Avoid waterlogging and monitor water use where wastewater is being applied to crops
