Delta Water Water News
DELTA keeps drippers clean and grapes growing
Posted on September 20, 2017 in Case StudiesGrape grower Dino Sigismondi, who with wife Veronica grows grapes on about 250 hectares of land split between Lyrup and New Residence districts on the Murray River, reckons it was a ‘very good day’ when he first installed the DELTA technology on his drip irrigation system. Since then Dino, from SA’s productive Riverland, has added…
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DELTA boosts yields for SA lucerne, potato and clover seed grower
Posted on June 27, 2017 in Case StudiesWestern Flat farmer Mark Pridham turned to DELTA technology to tackle water quality issues on his irrigation land. The potato, clover seed and lucerne grower is happy with soil tests revealing the pH levels are continuing to either drop or hold steady on farm land watered with DELTA-treated supply despite heavy irrigation seasons. Mark knows what…
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Water treatment transforms table grapes
Posted on June 2, 2017 in Case StudiesA salty bore with high sodium and chloride levels was causing major headaches at the historic Swan Valley wine and table grape plantation Twin Hill Wines, established by Steve Kraljevich in the 1930s. Steve’s grandson Stephen, who now runs the business with his brother Anthony, says leaf burn, poor water penetration and poor performance of fertilisers…
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Fruit & Veg growth and yield boost with DELTA
Posted on April 13, 2017 in Case StudiesWA market gardener Ben Tran knows a higher, stronger capsicum plant returns a better yield. And he says that’s what DELTA technology has delivered at the Bullsbrook property he runs with his parents. Ben, dad Tran and mum Ma watched their capsicum crop climb for the sky after installing a DELTA water treatment system on…
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DELTA keeps gardens alive
Posted on March 30, 2017 in Case StudiesIn dry arid rural Australia the importance of having a healthy garden amidst dusty dry landscapes cannot be underestimated. So many people contact DELTA who have no options for water apart from salty unusable bore water. Here’s how DELTA has helped one western NSW garden grow. For more than 20 years, DELTA has been solving…
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Water treatment system solves salt problems in Lockyer Valley
Posted on March 30, 2017 in Case StudiesOver the past 70 years Robert Hogan’s family farm at Helidon in the Queensland Lockyer Valley has used salty bore water to grow crops. With ideal soils and climate for their cropping and livestock enterprise, they had some problems in the past but not serious enough to be too concerned. After floods in 2011 filled…
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DELTA hits the fields days circuit – SE Field Days @ Lucindale
Posted on March 6, 2017 in Case Studies, GeneralDELTAwater solutions is a regular fixture at several premier field days events across Australia and will hit the road shortly for the South East Field Days at Lucindale on March 17 and 18. DELTA’s founding director Alex Panov will be at Site 267 to answer questions from growers keen to boost system efficiency, lower water…
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Fruit and vegetable grower says DELTA technology is ‘brilliant’
Posted on March 6, 2017 in Case Studies, GeneralOn our business travels we’ve met some real characters. One of these is Allen Espinos in Geraldton, WA. Allen, a fruit and vegetable grower for market stalls, was about to turn his back on growing crops because his harsh bore water was killing them. Then he met DELTA. This is his story: The only difference between…
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Iron build-up problem solved
Posted on February 16, 2017 in Case StudiesSouth Australian farm manager Darren Jenke reckons the proof is in the pigs. Since installing the DELTA water treatment technology on the Lucindale district farm’s southern irrigation system in late 2010, he’s seen a dramatic reduction in iron build-up in the main-line pipe. The cleaning pig, a foam cylinder that cleans under pressure along pipes, has had…
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DELTA water treatment makes lime family business grow
Posted on January 31, 2017 in Case StudiesLime tree orchardist Phil Oliver has just had his most financially successful year at his northern Queensland farm despite four consecutive dry years and only having access to the poorest quality bore water he’s ever seen. He puts it down to the bore water treatment system of Australian company DELTAwater solutions which he installed in…
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