This article was originally published in the Netherlands' leading Floral Daily magazine. A Dutch chrysanthemum grower recorded his best crop results in years after installing AQUA4D® physical water treatment. He's far from alone—90% of growers who trial the system
A leading arboretum in Urla, Turkey conducted a rigorous trial that proves physical water treatment works - even on water most growers consider unusable. UZBAŞ Arboretum operates a 200-hectare ornamental plant nursery in Urla, İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1996,
AQUA4D® supports healthier plants, increased yield potential, and long-term soil health. For pistachio growers in saline-prone regions like California’s Central Valley, adopting AQUA4D® tech could lead to significant environmental and economic benefits.
This is an adapted version of an article published in the journal Soil & Tillage Research (Volume 203) With an increase of high-profile projects in various countries, the effects of AQUA4D® technology on irrigation water are being increasingly studied.
AQUA4D® supports healthier plants, increased yield potential, and long-term soil health. For pistachio growers in saline-prone regions like California’s Central Valley, adopting AQUA4D® tech could lead to significant environmental and economic benefits.
How a Spanish golf course overcame salt concentration in reclaimed water to achieve healthier turf and simplified maintenance. High Salinity with Reclaimed Water La Serena Golf, a championship course in Murcia near the Mar Menor, faced a critical water
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
As the year draws to a close, we sat down with Jean-Michel Balmelle at the AQUA4D head office in Switzerland, for a look back and ahead to what’s to come in 2026 and beyond. Q: Could you briefly introduce
It’s clear: where water is scarce and soils suffer, AQUA4D brings regeneration, efficiency and a brighter future. This experience in Sicily is now a point of reference for all farms that want to transform climatic and environmental difficulties into opportunities for sustainable growth.
AQUA4D® supports healthier plants, increased yield potential, and long-term soil health. For pistachio growers in saline-prone regions like California’s Central Valley, adopting AQUA4D® tech could lead to significant environmental and economic benefits.
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
In addition to access to new technologies, the agreement involves cooperation in activities such as the organisation of seminars, studies and information gathering to promote good practices in water management and the development of sustainable development projects. Taking
British researchers investigated the efficacy of AQUA4D in optimizing turf growth and development under varying water availability scenarios. The findings show the potential of AQUA4D to revolutionize turf management practices, particularly in regions facing water constraints.
The reduction in salinity levels, as facilitated by AQUA4D®, likely created a more favorable environment for plant growth, leading to improved tree growth parameters. This highlights the potential of AQUA4D® as an effective solution for enhancing tree growth and productivity in soils affected by high salinity.
A landmark technology transfer collaboration has helped rural farmers take strides towards guaranteeing the agricultural future of their water-stressed region in Northern Chile.
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.
Klaver Flowers, a leading Dutch flower grower, has used AQUA4D to achieve double-digit water and fertilizer savings, and will now equip their entire greenhouse. "It's not magic. We measure consistently and observe clear improvements," says owner Gert-Jan Klaver. "We hope to further expand our farm in the near future and with today's knowledge that will certainly include an AQUA4D system."
Here in Nebraska, the combination of regenerative approaches and irrigation technology is showing others that it’s possible to thrive even in the face of dwindling resources. “Plant health, yield, sustainability, those are our yardsticks. We want to leave the ground in a better condition than we found it, and that is where AQUA4D has a place," says Roric Paulman.
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.
Thanks to AQUA4D treatment, Beekenkamp Plants have been able to deal with variability in water quality, and keep soils moist for longer, with a variety of knock-on benefits.
In the Canton of Lucerne an organic grower has kept his greenhouse infrastructure clear of limescale, rust and algae deposits, while improving substrate water penetration.
AQUA4D is delighted to welcome Dan Borboa (Area Sales Manager) and Benjamin Merritt (Field Manager) to serve the growing customer base in California. With several decades of ag experience between them, we caught for a wide-ranging chat about their past, present and future.
With record-breaking temperatures, dwindling aquifers and diminishing snowpacks, is there anything France's farmers can do to mitigate against a damaging summer in 2023?
Following the opening of a regional office in California, USA, the Swiss-based water innovator now officially kicks off operations in Santiago, Chile. With a strong team on the ground, this will help expand the company’s ability to offer optimized
The combination of tools including AQUA4D have shown potential water savings of 45%. With the goal of better water management and reduction of the use of the region’s water resources, the municipality has now extended the pilot project.
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.
AQUA4D is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Spain’s CaixaBank to increase sustainable and water-efficient approaches in Spanish agriculture.
Faced with water stress and salinity, Chilean growers have an eye on ensuring they can keep up with demand in the years ahead, and maintain the quality the market expects. We look at how water treatment technology may help them do just this.
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.
In landmark projects overseen by scientists and supervisors from Santiago’s INACAP, deployments of this water saving & salinity management technology have now shown the way forward for sustainable avocado cultivation in Chile.
The 27-hectare Bicentennial Park is the pride of Vitacura, a district in eastern Santiago de Chile. An urban oasis in the sprawling capital, the park is packed with plant species and recreational lawns and provides welcome respite to residents.
Daniel Trévien has been selling fruit trees for 40 years and has never seen conditions like this - but he’s adapting.
This study showed that AQUA4D® sustainable water treatment results in better water use efficiency, as well as superior performance, increased nutrient uptake, and better fruit quality.
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.
The first-in-kind “Lienne-Raspille” project seeks to solve the problem of local seasonal water shortages, and serve as a blueprint for similar regions in Switzerland and across the world.
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.
A large-scale trial of Precision Irrigation technology has concluded its first phase in Chile, with profound implications for the sustainable cultivation of avocados in water-stressed regions.
AQUA4D is happy to announce a new strategic collaboration with the world leader in micro irrigation, NETAFIM. Addressing water stress, mitigating climate change, and improving efficiencies require us all pulling together to forge a sustainable future; this partnership is a big step in this direction.
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.
We may still be in a pandemic, but there were plenty of reasons to be cheerful this year – and to hope that 2022 will be even better. Before we go into the new year, we wanted to look at some of the highlights from the last 12 months and shout out to a strong global team which made it all possible.
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
To coincide with COP26 in Glasgow, we outline how Precision Irrigation can hold the key to mitigating climate change, cutting emissions, saving resources, and pursuing a more regenerative approach to agriculture.
Matias Manriquez from the Swiss Embassy in Chile reports how Swiss technology is helping combat water scarcity in one of the most water-stressed regions in the world, including important new initiatives and certifications which will streamline and incentivize water efficiency in Chile.
A landmark project involving AQUA4D® has won this year’s inaugural #PrixAlpiq (Alpiq Prize). The winning project aims to reduce the water requirements of agriculture in a Swiss municipality by up to 40%.
Technology can go a long way to solving some of the most pressing issues faced in agriculture. But as is often the case, when human ingenuity combines with innovative tech, we can start to make a real difference.
This study was conducted as part of a USAID collaboration in Palestine. Here we summarize the academic article, which can be found in the Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 4 (2014).
A large Swiss veg producer has adopted the AQUA4D® system to save water and increase efficiency (published in La Liberté newspaper)
This “Smart Irrigation Month”, we shine a light on what we do at AQUA4D® to not only combat water scarcity but also create shared value for people and the planet.
AQUA4D is speaking with some of the people making tangible impacts across the world in the name of soil health and regenerative agriculture. This week it's Bastien Sachet, CEO of Earthworm Foundation who are furthering the cause of regenerative agriculture around the world.
Veracruz is currently testing water treatment which enables an average 20% reduction of water use, believing this technology could be promising for optimizing both water and fertilizer use.
With water stress on the rise around the world, football pitches are as much under threat as agricultural fields and urban landscapes. Here we look at some leading groundsmen and the technologies they use to combat a changing climate.
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
This article originally appeared in FreshFruitPortal in January 2021. Like many places in Peru and Chile, the coastal area of northern Peru suffers from increasing soil salinity. This presents particular difficulties for the cultivation of avocados, an important export
Coming from international roles with Irrigaronne and Linsday Corporation, Yvain Mirabal is embarking on a new challenge heading up the new Macro Irrigation business unit at AQUA4D. Here he explains what convinced him to make this change – and how
Çiltar Tarim Enterprises, based in Turkey’s Central Anatolia region, has a proud history of strawberry seedling cultivation stretching back four decades. Always ready to try new technologies to optimize their production, in 2020 they installed the AQUA4D® system –
George Hércules de Melo explores the effects of water-smart technology in challenging irrigation settings.
"With AQUA4D entailing less fertilizer use and less frequent irrigation, this means savings of fertilizers, water, and manpower - this is the dawn of a new agricultural era."
With these recent successes at almond and pistachio orchards, AQUA4D® has shown it is the most efficient soil salinity solution currently on the market.
With proven results around the world, AQUA4D® technology is well-placed alleviate the resource challenges faced by Chile and Latin America.
Brazilian growers are adopting AQUA4D® to optimize irrigation, promote water efficiency, and restore soils. Here are some of the proven benefits.
Like many countries, Morocco is faced with increasing water scarcity and drought. Thankfully, help is at hand thanks to the growth of efficiency-boosting innovations in agtech.
This article originally appeared in the AgriHebdo magazine (in French). Click here to access the original. Water is precious: AQUA4D has developed a system that not only saves water but uses its inherent characteristics to solve several challenges facing
What started as an endeavor to solve a salinity issue gave this orange grower increased yields, water savings, and a sustainable technology offering climate resilience for many years to come.
With AQUA4D® treatment there is a noticeable improvement in the relationship of water with the soil and the plant. In various regions of Brazil and the world, this technology consistently gives positive results, water savings, desalination of soils, and gains in yields, plant health and fruit quality.
"Coming from a vineyard where technology was one of its main pillars, I see that the potential is gigantic...AQUA4D treats the irrigation water, a transversal element in the Chilean viticulture, where the efficiency demands are higher and higher. The impact is at all levels: In production issues efficiencies, savings and quality improvements are generated."
Here we meet Aqua4D California's newest team member to discuss water savings and precision irrigation for the Central Valley and beyond.
These stories from around the world show how producers & innovators are adapting, how the crisis is exacerbating existing water and resource issues, and how traditional agriculture is turning to agtech faster than ever before.
Aqua4D boosted by Swiss Climate Foundation support Swiss cleantech firm Aqua4D is bringing its water-smart irrigation solution to ever more growers in 2020: A brand-new HQ in Valais, Switzerland, gives the company a solid base from which to grow,
Dutch growers are known optimizing every aspect of their growing process. However, in some cases a humble foe persists in causing problems: the nematode. Thankfully, a new cleantech Swiss innovation can eliminate these pests - and increase growth and quality.
Becoming climate resilient can be as simple as increasing efficiency through plug-and-play solutions and making subtle changes to irrigation management.
In North Africa and the Middle East, food producers face two common and related antagonists: soil salinity and poor-quality water with high salt content. Growers are now increasingly turning to new agricultural technologies to overcome this.
We are in the midst of an unprecedented water crisis. South American regions are declaring an agricultural state of emergency, California’s wells are running dry, and countries from Belgium to Botswana are facing significant water stress. But there’s hope on the horizon, thanks to water-smart technologies.
On a recent visit to our new Headquarters in Sierre, Joao Suss shared his thoughts on sustainable agriculture and his experience with the Aqua4D system in Brazil.