DELTAwater solving water problems for decades

Photo caption: Dianne Panov from DELTAwater solutions visits vegetable grower Glen Jurgens from Bowen who has installed a water treatment conditioner to eliminate salinity problems including leaf burn, salt buildup in soils and stunted growth caused by his bore water supply.

DELTA agent network across Australia

DELTAwater solutions, based in the manufacturing hub of Newcastle, has a strong network of agents in rural merchandise, pump and irrigation businesses across Australia.

One of DELTA’s longest-running agents is John Powderly. Born and bred in Young, NSW and involved in the water industry his whole working life, John says he’s proud to have worked with DELTAwater solutions since the water treatment business first started more than 25 years ago.

The reason is simple: “Anyone who comes to us with their bore water problems – whether it be on irrigation on a paddock scale or in their home garden – we tell them they need a DELTAwater conditioner. We know they work so we promote them, and we get the results.”

John runs the family business Powderly’s Pumping and Irrigation out of Young, an area renowned for its cherries and grapes. Problems growers face include salty bore water and salt build-up in soils.

Droughts keep coming and going and rural communities have become more and more reliant on bore water. Because it’s so salty and a lot of the time not useable, we really need a good quality water conditioner for our customers. DELTAwater solutions has filled that spot admirably.

Family-owned business

John says one thing he prides himself on is that he is part of a family-owned and run business. This is one of the reasons he loves working with DELTAwater solutions.

“Like us, DELTAwater solutions is family owned, and this is reflected in the level of service they provide.”

John says the water testing service DELTA offers is the key to the success of their water treatment products.

This really sets them apart; the fact they always test the water before they recommend a particular conditioner. If you don’t follow this path you could end up with any quality of water conditioner and it’s not going to work.

“It’s important to us that our customers get the right treatment solution for their water and soil problems. This is why we always go with the DELTA and have so much success.”

DELTAwater gets results

John says it doesn’t take long for customers to see results.

“We’ve got quite a few DELTAs on grapes and they’re getting better growth, better coloured leaves, better production of fruit – better all round. Plus they’re noticing less salt buildup in their soils,” he says.

Home gardens in the Young district also get the DELTA treatment, particularly during drought when reliance on bore water supplies increases.

People come to us because they can’t grow anything in the garden because they’ve using the bore water so much and it’s building up salt in their soils. We tell them they need a DELTAwater conditioner, they buy them, and they work.

More about DELTAwater

Alex and Dianne Panov, who both grew up on the land and had agricultural-based careers, founded DELTAwater more than 25 years ago to address common water quality problems such as salinity, scale, iron and corrosion. With a practical nature and hands-on experience adapting and improving agricultural equipment, the early development of the DELTA technology was inspired by seeing the impact poor quality water had on the agricultural industry. With no environmentally-friendly, high quality practical solution on the Australian market, they set about designing and manufacturing a solution.