June Newsletter

CropX is a platform which delivers soil intelligence to reduce inputs and improve yield. Unique CropX technology scans a field and analyses its different zones based on topography and electromagnetism. The CropX mobile app then directs its user to the exact points where to instal the sensors. The CropX sensors are made with a unique spiral design which enables simple and easy installation with excellent results through providing a series of geospatial-temporal moisture level measurements. The sensors use advanced cloud technology which allows access to all data via a smart phone through the CropX app. Through analysing the data from the sensors, CropX automatically generates an optimal irrigation plan and sends it to the phone app for the user to approve or modify. This enables CropX users to monitor and tend to their field remotely at any time.

SWAN is a water nutrient management support system providing its users with a thorough and cost-effective irrigation schedule. SWAN uses a combination of sources such as: Soil moisture probes Flow meters GPS Satellite imagery When processed, the data allows SWAN users to make calculated and timely decisions in the field. By calibrating each site independently based on soil type, depth and local conditions, site specific strategies are developed. SWAN allows for data input from any sensors or irrigation setups making it a highly compatible and versatile system. In addition to water management, SWAN has a sophisticated fertiliser planning capabilities.

ICT supply a range of Lysimeters (depending on the application) which act to measure moisture loss and percolation of a body of soil under controlled conditions. The ICT Ready to Go Lysimeter is a small lysimeter station which enables data remote transmission using the SVADSS online data management system. It is suitable for both loose fill and undisturbed soil, and uses a high density polyethene lysimeter vessel with a weighing system, data logger, tipping bucket, a weather station and a range of soil hydrological sensors. All data is displayed on the internet through the SVADSS online data management system. Up to four Ready to Go Lysimeters can be connected to one data logger.

We’ve come a long way when you consider that we can now see changes in soil moisture, salinity and temperature in real time from our desks! Not only that, but the Sentek IrriMAX desktop software displays this, and much more data, in easily digestible graphs and reports. The software can also be used to determine: The effectiveness and depth of infiltration of rainfall and irrigation The depth of the active root zone at different times of the growing season The amount of water uptake and evapotranspiration from different parts of the root zone Fluctuating water tables Sentek also offer ‘IrriMAX Live’ which is a 12-month probe subscription. This provides real-time monitoring of water for precision irrigation management.

Solinst’s 9500 Levelsender 5 is a simple, low-cost telemetry system that is also very compact - It can even fit inside a 2″ (50 mm) well casing! Available for rent from HydroTerra, the LevelSender 5 uses 4G cellular communication to send data from connected dataloggers in the field to a Home Station PC database and to your smart device using email or text messaging.  HydroTerra also offers this as a cloud based solution through DataStreamTM.

ExactBlue is a leading manufacturer of microbial detection products designed for rapid, on-site testing. Their cloud hosted service, quantitative testing platform, allow users to manage microbial contamination risks using their AquaVial rapid limit tests, as well as to report, track and monitor contamination in water. ExactBlue’s cloud element is used across many sectors, including; Manufacturing Agriculture Environmental service and engineering consulting Property management Transportation

SampleServe cloud hosted monitoring service provides digital field sample collection and reporting tools and easy to use project management, field and lab applications and Report Generators. We have had a project in the past, where a client has asked for a Streamline Field Data Collection reporting system. Our solution to this was the SampleServe technology that has revolutionised the capture and reporting of field water quality data. Data is seamlessly digested from laboratory to the secure SampleServe platform, where the customer then has full control over how the data is reported. The functionality of the system surpasses its competitor brands, enabling data to be reported spatially, graphically and in a tabular format. Our costing model is based on per monitoring point, rather than a set annual licence fee, providing flexibility and cost savings.

Recently, HydroTerra had a client request a fixed short-term monitoring solution for air quality measurement. We used Aeroqual products and received and managed real-time data with Aeroqual Cloud, a cloud-hosted data management platform for Aeroqual’s continuous air quality monitoring devices. A “swappable” sensor head design allows users to measure up to 30 common indoor and outdoor pollutants, removing and replacing sensors in seconds. HydroTerra supplied the client with the installation of eight portable sensors, four monitoring Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and four monitoring Methane (CH4).

The Ambisense device is capable of measuring gas parameters continuously, can be solar powered and connects to any well head fitting. Typical applications include landfill gas and biogas, coal seam mining, contaminated land and indoor/outdoor air quality. The system is specifically designed to be connected to telemetry and interfaces directly to HydroTerra’s DataStream platform. AmbiSense technology helps customers achieve the following: Remotely monitor unmanned locations Reduce monitoring costs Build useful data-sets quickly and cost effectively Continuously monitoring problematic locations Maximise gas yield & profitability from landfill gas sites Accelerate site remediation and handover AVAILABLE TO RENT