Irrigation
United States
Smart Irrigation
Client: Emerald Farms, Maxwell California
Crop: Almond and walnut orchards (3,500 acres)
Project: Automation, monitoring and control
Project Description
- Monitor pump flow and pressure on 12 different diesel and gas engine stations at three supply locations and add automation to two additional remote fields.
- Three pumping sites are totally automated including: Suction priming, engine start, filter flush, zone valve control, fertilizer injection of five different fertilizers, flow pressure and soil moisture monitoring.
- BIC2500 controllers achieve radio communication to each of the pumping sites covering the distance across the ranch.
