Case Studies
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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Frui & 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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Iron water treatment systems
Posted on April 13, 2017 in Case Studies, GeneralDELTA has a range of products to treat iron problems. DELTA graded products plus the Heavy Duty SL Range stop iron building up in pipes and fittings. The Submersible Pumps water treatment system stops iron building up in submersible pumps and pipes. The Deep Well Jet Pumps water treatment system stops iron building up in deep well jet units, pumps…
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DELTA technology provides vital boost to Aussie wine industry
Posted on April 2, 2017 in Case StudiesGrape growers in SA’s productive Riverland are turning to the technology of Newcastle-based company DELTAwater solutions to drastically cut maintenance and improve performance in their vital irrigation systems. Renmark-based irrigation agronomist Trevor Sluggett says some growers are so pleased with the results after installing the DELTA technology, they’ve returned for more units. Trevor, who works…
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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 on Darling Downs
Posted on March 30, 2017 in Case StudiesOver the past 70 years Robert Hogan’s family farm at Helidon on the Queensland Darling Downs 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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