BUNBURY GOLF CLUB INC
SUPERINTENDENT - DES RUSSELL

 
 
HYDROSMART
WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE HYDRO SMART SYSTEM HAS BEEN FITTED FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW AND HAS IMPROVED OUR COURSE AND RETICULATION SYSTEM SINCE WE INSTALLED IT. OUR FAIRWAYS IN PARTICULAR SEEM TO HAVE A GREENER LEAF ALL YEAR ROUND WHICH MEANS WE SPEND LESS ON FERTILISERS. WHEN WE INSTALLED THE HYDRO SMART SYSTEM OUR RETICULATION SYSTEM WAS ONLY 12 MONTHS OLD AND WHEN WE CUT INTO THE 200MM MAIN LINE THERE WAS ALREADY A BUILD UP OF BETWEEN 5-8MM OF AN IRON SLUDGE BONDING TO THE PIPE. WHEN WE INSPECTED THIS PIPE PIECE ABOUT 12 MONTHS LATER THE IRON BUILD UP WAS REDUCED TO MERELY A FINE FILM ON THE PIPE. WE HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT SPRINKLERS ONCE CLEANED OF THE ORIGINAL BUILD UP ARE NO LONGER BLOCKING WITH THE SAME IRON SLUDGE. WE HAVE HAD NO EVIDENCE OF STAINING OF ANY TYPE AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY ERECTED SOME NEW WHITE SIGNS THAT HAVE SHOWN NO STAINING OF ANY KIND EVEN THOUGH OUR IRON READINGS COME IN AT ABOUT 19PPM.AT THIS POINT OF TIME WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE HYDRO SMART SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR DAMS STILL RETAINING THE IRON COLOUR WHICH WE HOPED WOULD CLEAR UP BUT THIS IS NOT THE MAIN REASON WE CHOSE TO INSTALL THIS SYSTEM. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF INSTALLATION OF THE HYDRO SMART RICK GIBLETT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART AND A VERY INTERESTED PARTY AND MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP IN ANY TESTING AND OVERALL SUPPORT.

 
 
 

 
 
 
200MM PIPE SECTION
 
 
 

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