DELTAwater solves calcium scale problem in pop-up sprinkler system

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY 

TED AND JULIANA TOMLINSON

TAMWORTH NSW

• Ted and Juliana Tomlinson’s Tamworth garden is healthier and their sprinkler system no longer blocks with calcium scale thanks to a DELTAwater conditioner.

Australian bore water treatment makes garden grow

When Ted and Juliana Tomlinson retired to Tamworth off their wheat and sheep farm at Condobolin to Tamworth, they wanted a big garden and space around them. They built on a block on the Sydney side of Australia’s country music capital and installed a bore to water their extensive lawn and garden area.

The problem was, the mineral content of the bore was so high that the water left white scum on their plants, stunted plant growth and blocked their pop-up sprinklers, pipes and taps.

In 2014, at the recommendation of Blooms Irrigation, they contacted 100% Australian water treatment company DELTAwater solutions. Based in Newcastle, DELTAwater solutions has been manufacturing customised water treatment systems for 30 years to address salinity, scale build-up, water hardness, iron and corrosion.

Ted and Juliana use bore water on two acres of lawn watered by a sprinkler system of around 90 pop-ups, in a greenhouse and in other garden areas. DELTAwater tested their water, and recommended a Grade 14, 25mm unit which worked well. As the region entered drought conditions, impacting on the mineral levels in the bore water, calcium problems returned.

“The DELTA was working well until the mineral levels in the bore escalated in the drought and I got onto DELTA in 2016 to see if they had any suggestions.”

DELTAwater upgraded the unit to a Grade 20 and Ted says they haven’t had a single problem since. He recommended DELTAwater solutions to a keen gardening friend on the other side of Tamworth who has experienced the same results.

“He’s pretty happy, and so are we. It’s fixed the calcium problem, got rid of the white scum on our leaves and we haven’t had once single blockage in our sprinkler system since the DELTA.”

Ted says another way they know the DELTA is doing its job is by comparing the water that goes through the conditioner with water in a pond that doesn’t.

“This pond has a recirculation system which means it doesn’t pass through the DELTA. It’s the same water from the bore that the rest of the garden gets, and we have to clean out those pipes and use acid in the lines to get the calcium out. This shows you how effective the DELTA treatment is for the rest of our watering system. It’s definitely doing its job.”

Another improvement is in plant growth and health, which is especially noticeable in their green house. “The green house plants were really struggling to grow. They were stunted and the bore water was really holding them back. After we installed the DELTA, they started growing a lot more and are a lot healthier.”