TURF & AMENITY

Support consistent turf performance across sports fields, schools, and public landscapes.

Plan, monitor, and review irrigation across sports turf, school grounds, and municipal assets with clear visibility of water use and system performance. Designed for councils, municipalities and public land managers balancing performance, accountability, and water stewardship.

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Customer Stories

Large irrigated sports fields and open turf areas in a community recreation precinct, bordered by trees and facilities under a partly cloudy sky.

City of Bayswater

Western Australia

Montage showing irrigation sprinklers operating on sports turf and a council water professional on site, representing data-supported turf irrigation management.

Greg Ingleton Open Space

South Australia

Satellite vegetation imagery of multiple sports fields showing a dark, over-irrigated area caused by a burst irrigation pipe.

NDVI & Satellite Imagery

South Australia

Managing turf is different from farming, but the pressure is just as real

Across councils and public facilities, turf managers are balancing:

  • Diverse sites with different soils, irrigation systems, and usage patterns
  • Public scrutiny around water use
  • Seasonal demand peaks (sporting calendars, heat events)
  • Legacy infrastructure and mixed controller types
  • Increasing compliance, reporting, and transparency expectations

Irrigation decisions still need to be made every week, but they’re often based on incomplete information spread across spreadsheets, controllers, and manual checks.

A single, consistent view of irrigation performance

SWAN brings irrigation planning, monitoring, and reporting into one structured platform, designed to support day-to-day decisions and longer-term accountability.

For turf and amenity teams, this provides:

Structured irrigation planning

Plan irrigation based on local conditions, soil data, and turf requirements.

Planned vs actual water use

Track planned versus actual water use across sites and seasons.

Soil moisture visibility

Monitor soil moisture trends to support proactive adjustments.

Early performance insights

Identify under- or over-performing areas before issues escalate.

Decision and outcome records

Maintain a clear audit trail of decisions and outcomes over time.

The result is fewer reactive changes, more consistent turf performance, and clearer communication internally and externally.

Built for multi-site, public-sector environments

SWAN is already used by councils managing parks, sports fields, and community assets across multiple locations.

The platform supports:

  • Multiple sites and teams working from the same information
  • Clear separation between planning, execution, and reporting
  • Consistent processes even when staff change
  • Data that can be shared with water teams, sustainability officers, and management

This makes it easier to demonstrate responsible water use, not just internally, but to regulators, stakeholders, and the community.

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From day-to-day irrigation to water stewardship

Clear records of water applied

Maintain consistent records of how much water is applied across sites and over time, supporting internal review and providing a reliable basis for reporting.

Evidence-based irrigation decisions

Link irrigation activity to conditions such as weather, soil moisture, and turf demand. This helps explain not just what was done, but why decisions were made.

Soil-moisture context for irrigation

Use soil moisture data to add context to irrigation events and water use patterns, supporting informed discussion around timing, necessity, and outcomes.

Water stewardship reporting data

Structure irrigation data so it can contribute to sustainability and water-use reporting, linking operational activity with organisational water responsibility.

Where SWAN is commonly used

  • Sports fields and training facilities
  • School grounds and education campuses
  • Parks, reserves, and public open space
  • Municipal landscapes and civic precincts

Each environment has different pressures, but the need for consistent, defensible irrigation decisions is the same.

Ready for clearer irrigation decisions across turf and amenity?

Talk to the SWAN Systems team about how councils and public land managers are using structured irrigation data to support performance, compliance, and long-term water stewardship.