As golf courses across the United States increasingly rely on recycled and lower-quality irrigation water, turf managers are facing growing challenges linked to salinity, sodium accumulation, calcium carbonates, and elevated pH. These conditions can place significant stress on turfgrass
The sun-drenched shores of San Diego recently played host to the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Conference and Trade Show, and AQUA4D was thrilled to be a part of this vibrant event. It was an incredible opportunity
As the world’s leading grower of peaches, plums, and nectarines, Prima® Wawona has long had a reputation for efficiency and innovation. Over the last 18 months, this has been taken to a new level using AQUA4D® to optimize water use while dealing sustainably with salinity issues.
Following years of R&D and trials, the brand new AQUA4D® H-A Max system was officially unveiled in Nebraska, USA, with farmers in the Midwest and beyond set to benefit from water & fertilizer efficiency, salinity management, and soil regeneration.
To help scale up implementation of water-efficient tech in the U.S., Ascentium Capital has developed a customized financing solution to make AQUA4D® technology accessible for agricultural, landscapes or sports irrigation.
AQUA4D and NGL Group announce a significant water technology collaboration for buildings and industry. This powerful combination of the companies' decades of experience in precision water treatment will speed up positive transitions in water-efficient processes.
With the new academic agreement signed last week, rich field experience can be shared to accelerate the transfer of knowledge and the constant improvement of techniques – ultimately bringing much-needed water efficiency and conservation to Chile and beyond.
We welcome Patrice Brand as our new Chief Technology Officer, taking over from Charles-Henri Faure after 15 years. In an interview, Patrice shared his tangible excitement about the tasks and challenges ahead – and his huge ambitions.
AQUA4D has expanded the proven efficiencies in agriculture to the sports and landscapes market, with some notable early successes in soccer, where European clubs such as OGC Nice and AZ Alkmaar use its system.
AQUA4D has proudly completed a landmark installation at a municipal building in the Canton of Valais, the 50th such installation in the region, encompassing fire stations, police stations, schools, and sports facilities.
AQUA4D has taken on funding from France-based Abaque Finance. An injection of 4 million Swiss francs will help with R&D efforts, production scale-up and further expansion into new markets.
Impressive yields were seen in Category 1 production – the most valuable crops. The gains per cycle equate to an estimated ROI in just 18 months, even in a situation with low market prices.
AQUA4D has continued expansion in California with a new branch office and warehouse, to bring game-changing technology to more US growers and further boost water efficiency, productivity, and salts management.
AQUA4D has continued expansion in California with a new branch office and warehouse, to bring game-changing technology to more US growers and further boost water efficiency, productivity, and salts management.
AQUA4D has continued expansion in California with a new branch office and warehouse, to bring game-changing technology to more US growers and further boost water efficiency, productivity, and salts management.
With several thousand installations, dozens of scientific studies and the recognition of numerous organizations, AQUA4D's effectiveness and both ecological and economic interest are clear. Let’s look at some of its success stories in urban water infrastructure.
Recent years are showing that even this "Chateau d'Eau" is not immune to the stresses of a changing climate. Thankfully, Swiss innovation is helping secure water supplies and mitigate the effects of warming temperatures and water stress.
There’s no doubt these two technologies are the future: they are efficient, sustainable ways to treat water. They offer decisive advantages over most other technologies, and make it possible to massively reduce the use of chemicals in the water cycle.
The AQUA4D® system has contributed significantly to solving turf issues at the AFAS Training Complex in Wijdewormer, home of AZ Alkmaar football club (Eredivisie). "We now have no more dead grass spots because AQUA4D® creates smaller water clusters, so they get into the smallest pores," explains groundsman Wouter Uitentuis.
Given the size of green landscapes, water conservation here can have huge impacts on general water efficiency efforts. This is the case with golf course irrigation, where in Chile an increasing number of clubs are looking to employ the latest technology to optimize their water use.
Part of this interview was published in FreshPlaza in November 2021 (see original here). Whenever you take a commodity out of its region of origin, there can be challenges in the growing process. So has been the case with
A large Swiss veg producer has adopted the AQUA4D® system to save water and increase efficiency (published in La Liberté newspaper)
After months of behind-the-scenes action, we’re delighted to officially unveil our all-new corporate image and website. This rebrand comes as a natural development at a time when the company has gone from strength, solidifying its place in its main
This article appeared in Chile’s emol.com / El Mercurio in April 2021. AQUA4D is a Swiss company with vast experience in this field and has developed innovative methods to achieve better water management, reducing water consumption by an average
Aqua4D redeploys 3D printers to help hospitals' COVID-19 efforts Switzerland, like most other countries in the world, is currently gripped and brought to a standstill by the coronavirus crisis. But although companies have depleted staff numbers, with many self-isolating
Aqua4D has joined forces with IST Group to support the largest reforestation initiative in Chile, as part of the 6D movement. Making news across the country, 15,000 trees were planted in Renca, Santiago.
This is a version of an article which appeared in November 2019's Irrigazette, a leading international irrigation magazine.
Morel Diffusion is a cyclamen seed producer, known worldwide for its colourful varieties. Headquartered in Frejus, southeastern France, their site covers a greenhouse area of 3 ha and 5000 m2 dedicated to R&D.
After meeting recently at an industry event at the Swiss Embassy in Santiago, the National Irrigation Commission (CNR) were intrigued to find out more about how Aqua4D can help alleviate Chile’s growing water crisis.
This is an extract from a recent interview given to Radio Agricultura in Chile, where Felipe Villarino discusses the 2030 Water Awareness program and how new technologies like Aqua4D can help address the water crisis in Chile.
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After a long appraisal process, Aqua4D has been officially named one of the “1000 Solutions” chosen by the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions.
Water scarcity is now an increasing environmental concern around the world. Nowhere is this more pressing than in Chile, a country on the frontline of this growing crisis.
Felipe Villarino from Aqua4D Chile recently took part in a stimulating discussion with Radio Zero’s WorkCafe program. The full interview is available to listen to here (in Spanish), and also in text format below.
To mark 15 years since the company’s establishment, Aqua4D hosted a celebration at its new headquarters in Valais, Switzerland. Around 100 guests gathered on the roof, with the Swiss mountains providing a breathtaking backdrop.
A big part of Aqua4D’s work is its team of experts who constantly visit client sites and consult on optimizing irrigation to get the most out of the company’s patented technology. Back in October 2018, Aqua4D Field Engineer, Hugo Gaignebet, wrote a progress report for this blog.
Hot on the heels of Aqua4D’s appearance in the innovation final at the Climate Show in Lausanne, here’s a closer look at how this Swiss Cleantech company’s technology can save all kinds of natural – and monetary – resources, while contributing to both sustainable...
The Climate Show 2019 is being held in Lausanne, Switzerland this week, with a special focus on rising companies with technologies and solutions for climate protection and sustainability. Aqua4D were shortlisted for the keynote innovation competition as part ...
Aqua4D is delighted to have been welcomed as a member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions at the end of 2018, with a view to becoming one of the 1000 Solutions it champions.
After a proven record of success with various crops over the last decade, Aqua4D has been given initial Phase 1 funding by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (under grant agreement No 815633) to explore the possibility...
As we the curtain falls on another year, we look back at some of the true highlights of a great 12 months:
Patrick Limousin is based in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, and his company produces around 100 million young plants per year (lettuces, cabbages, melons, and more). After being beset by persistent limescale problems, he contracted Aqua4D to see if they could help solve this issue.
Originally published in Dutch in Blomen Planten Nieuws, 12 December 2018 The flower grower Lisianthuskwekerij Floralis is, in their own words, fond of experimenting and improving, says Jan-Willem Aarse. “We like to see how it can be cleaner, more sustainable and better.
After a two-year process of application and thorough testing, AQUAD’s proprietary technology has been granted CB certification by the IECEE.
A changing climate is having unpredictable consequences on grape crops all around the world. 2017 was anything but a vintage year for wine harvests; the EU hit a 36-year low, while Chilean growers reported an uncharacteristically early harvest with high temperatures and low yields.
Along with partner firms WaterQ, Cindro, and Biotamax, Aqua4D is participating in a landmark two-year study between KWR Watercycle Research Institute and Wageningen University.
With record temperatures, super storms, raging infernos, and massive flooding, 2018 has been a bad year for Planet Earth. But it may also go down as the year humanity was shocked into making meaningful changes.
Latin America is an important region for Aqua4D, with several significant projects in countries such as Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Brazil and a team of local agronomists on the ground.
The issue of salt accumulating in soil is as old as agriculture itself. ‘Salinity crises’ resulted in the collapse of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, and salinization was one of the catalysts for the invention of the world’s first irrigation systems[1] [2].
AQUA4D is pleased to contribute to a total of 11 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the United Nations.
Nematodes. There may be no other creature so omnipresent around us yet so unknown outside of specialist circles. Nathan Augustus Cobb, widely recognized as the “father of nematology” summed up their ubiquity in a 1915 essay [1]: