An investment in Soil Moisture meters and monitoring equipment can quickly pay for itself in irrigation economies and productivity. Keeping the plant in its ‘sweet spot’ for optimum growth will ensure optimum crop productivity and reduce operating costs by eliminating over application of water.

There is also an increasing requirement to monitor moisture and nutrient movement at multiple depths within the soil profile. WaterForce supply and install some of the most advanced technology available in this field. We also have the ability to continuously monitor these sites with our monitoring service we provide many of our customers.

Agricultural applications:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Viticulture
• Cropping
• Pastoral farming – both irrigated and dry land
• Turf – parks, gardens, golf courses, sports fields and racetracks
• Research
• Forestry

Environmental applications:

• Wastewater management
• Land reclamation
• Land fill monitoring
• Hydrological process studies
• Geotechnical investigations
• Mining

Common soil moisture technology includes;

• Tensiometers
• Conductivity / resistance (check)
• EnviroSMART multi-sensor capacitance probes
• TriSCAN sensor – Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) tracks soil water, fertilizer salts and salinity throughout the soil profile.

We are stocking leading brands like Irrometer®, Watermark®, Sentek® and Aquaflex® .