Articles and Awards
International Irrigation Award
JP Water submitted a macadamia orchard design to the American Society of Irrigation Consultants, a worldwide body based in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. We were advised that the submitted design had been awarded their highest award, that of the Honour Award.
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Streetscape Irrigation
The ambience of the streetscape coupled with the vigour of the retail area of your community is the drawcard that brings people into your CBD and urban centres. Can you afford to not have this area looking fresh and green? Can you afford to not have it irrigated?
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Sub-surface drip irrigation is a viable alternative to traditional oval irrigation systems. Life expectancy is 20+ years with the correct maintenance. We at JP WATER have been designing SDI since 1989 and have systems that are 20+ years old still operating and saving their owners money. Talk to us today and let us show you the difference.
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Asset map allows for better management
Maintaining and managing irrigation systems on golf courses and in other urban landscapes is a challenging task. The job becomes even harder with the passage of time as the original plans are lost and modifications made to the system not being carefully noted on plans. There are many contractors who have arrived on site to be met with a design plan that they soon discover bears little resemblance to the actual hardware in the ground.
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Peak irrigation requirement key to peak profitability
There is a disturbing pattern developing in crops such as sugar cane, almonds and macadamias that is raising questions about how much water a crop requires to meet its best potential. The pattern being observed is that some growers who are generally considered to be “over irrigating” are achieving dramatic increases in yields.
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