Bringing Industrial Automation to the Farm
Scalable and cost-effective pump monitoring with built-in remote control
Upgrade your irrigation system: from retrofit to ranch-wide automation
Ensuring that you have real-time information to optimize irrigation management
Building custom monitoring and automation solutions
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
What is Water Informatics?
Farm Data Systems has developed an end-to-end field monitoring and automation solution for crop irrigation management. The platform integrates best-in-class monitoring and control technologies already widely adopted in agriculture and other industries. Built for farmers by farmers, Water Informatics is easy use, understand and operate.
Best-in-Class Software, Hardware, and Services
PUMP MONITORING & CONTROL
Tips for Higher Yield
Software Overview
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Add remote pump start and stop for labor savings
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Use 24/7 real-time monitoring to prevent over-pumping and avoid costly pump repairs
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Precisely control the amount of water delivered to optimize production
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Receive alerts when you approach critical water pumping levels
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Confirm that actual pump flows (GPM) match your irrigation system design
1. Remote on/off
Remote control of the pump for precision, convenience and labor saving
2. Energy monitoring
Confirm supply quality and energy efficiency
3. Well level monitoring
Track draw down and yield monitoring
4. Filter pressure monitoring
Ensure distribution uniformity
5. Flow rate and total monitoring
Record effective irrigation management
6. Pump performance
Primary input to pump efficiency and health
IRRIGATION AUTOMATION
Irrigation Automation System Components
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Industrial strength wide area radio network
Pump/Valve control & monitoring
Integrated soil moisture data
Climate tracking
User defined valve selection
Gateway panel with local control
Secure data storage
Heat units & frost alerts
Desktop/Mobile user interface
Software Overview
1. Pump monitoring
For efficient and reliable operation
2. Valve monitoring & control
For complete irrigation automation
3. Full featured irrigation scheduler
For maximum flexibility in irrigation timing
4. Irrigation map
For real-time tracking of irrigation events
5. Advanced device monitoring & control
To ensure reliable operation
6. Integration with crop & climate monitoring
To optimize irrigation decisions
CROP & CLIMATE MONITORING
Crop Monitoring System Components
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Monitor root zone moisture levels up to 60" depth
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Track irrigation system pressure to ensure good uniformity
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Track irrigation durations to confirm applied water
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Refine irrigation decisions with an on-ranch weather station
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Radio network >98% reliable for reduced maintenance requirements
Software Overview
1. Dashboard:
Quick overview of current conditions
2. Health monitoring:
To confirm reliable data capture
3. Full profile:
For optimal plant health & irrigation efficiency
4. Pressure Tracking:
To ensure distribution uniformity
5. Detailed activity:
As record of effective irrigation management
6. Full climate:
Tracking for precise field conditions
CUSTOM PROJECTS
Water Informatics is a platform that can easily be adapted to many different purposes, whether you work for an irrigation district looking for SCADA capabilities, or a vineyard operation looking to add winery tank management. We can also quickly and cost-effectively add new features to irrigation automation such as chemigation, water quality monitoring and pump energy management.
Flexible Solutions
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Tank temperature monitoring
Tank cooling valve control
Voltage monitoring
VFD monitoring & control
Water district flow monitoring
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
ABOUT US
OUR GOAL: to be your trusted partner for technology adoption
Our focus is on helping California growers design, build and adopt effective irrigation management solutions. Our team has worked together for over 15 years, providing monitoring and control systems to significantly improve irrigation management at over 500 farms covering more than 50 crops. We also farm our own 200 acre technology lab to help ensure we deliver reliable monitoring and automation to your farm.
Why FDS?
We're your local farm data team.
We are experts at deploying Information Technology for irrigation management.
We partner with our customers to deliver the right solutions.
Everything we sell is off-the-shelf, cost-effective and reliable.