Water leak detection fast-tracked

Charles Sturt’s Global Digital Farm, in partnership with Farmbot Monitoring Solutions, have developed a solution to dramatically decrease the time it takes to detect and fix water leaks on farms. Through the Farmbot platform, the time taken to detect water leaks can be reduced from anywhere between days to months, down to one hour for a major leak, and 24 hours for a minor. This also reduces average costs infinding and repairing leaks using traditional processes.

Using a combination of field sensors and modelling software, the Farmbot platform can characterise water loss, whether it be through a leak, or animal consumption, or other means, allowing rapid detection and identification of where the leak originated. Where previously a farmer would have to be on-site to search for leaks, this technology enables leaks to be tracked and detected remotely, saving time, money and energy for farmers.