The City of Bayswater is preparing for tighter water allocations by optimising irrigation with SWAN Systems. Using SWAN Sync talk-back, they improved scheduling efficiency by up to 20% while maintaining turf quality. This case study shows how smarter irrigation planning helps councils save water and stay ahead of change.
Torbreck Vintners in South Australia’s Barossa Valley partnered with SWAN Systems to refine vineyard irrigation. By using soil, crop, and climate data to guide decisions, they improved canopy health and wine quality - elevating one block from $30 bottles to fruit now used in $150 wines.
How can turf managers cover more ground with less time? This article, created in collaboration with Sports Turf Technology, explores how NDVI and satellite imagery help identify stressed turf before it’s visible—enabling smarter irrigation, better resource use, and healthier playing surfaces year-round.
When Cottesloe Golf Club first decided to use irrigation management software to help them manage the irrigation and nutrient needs of their turf, they had no idea they were about to face the hottest summer on record in Perth.
The Summer 2019 edition of The Irrigation Australia Journal includes a Smart Irrigation feature, and we were honoured to contribute. The focus of this feature is to look at the application of digital technology to irrigation.
In this, the fourth (and final) article in SWAN Systems’ Overflow series, we will focus on golf course management. SWAN's software analyses the data to provide recommendations for optimised irrigation.
A number of pilot projects using SWAN Systems have been conducted throughout Australia. These include trials in the agricultural, horticultural, golf and public open space sectors. The trials in public open space have been featured in the Autumn Edition of The Overflow magazine. Case studies from the golf, agricultural and horticultural sectors will soon be featured on our blog. Thanks to all our trial participants for their support!
This article describes two exciting new features of SWAN that will make it the “go-to” system to manage your irrigation setup. Before we go any further though, a quick review of the SWAN Systems irrigation module and what it does.
In the age of so-called ‘”Big Data”, councils like the City of South Perth have access to enormous amounts of data from flow meters, soil moisture probes, weather stations and weather forecasts, but how can they make sense of this tidal wave of information?
