Care-Free improves water for all irrigation purposes
Since 1980 people in Australia and overseas have enjoyed the benefits of Care-Free Water Treatment.
Not only is Care-Free continuing to solve hard water problems, but recent studies have proven that Care-Free is able to substantially lower salinity in the soil - Patents Pending.
Crops are being grown and are doing well on water which is normally considered unsuitable for irrigation.
In fact Care-Free is succeeding in making the impossible... possible.
» Likewise, when you install a Care-Free Water Conditioner, you can look forward to solving your water problems and improving water and soil quality.
Vegetable producer saves thousands
» For example a market gardener whose bore had become brackish with 2,100mg/l salt, was facing the prospect of losing his $30,000 lettuce crop affected with leaf burn.
He installed a 75mm Care-Free Conditioner and after only four days his entire crop was saved. Quick to see the benefits, his neighbours now use our product on their irrigration systems.
Water penetrates the soil faster
» Lab tests confirm Care-Free treated water penetrates the soil faster. What this means to you is less evaporation and less water usage - up to 20% in some cases.
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Look at the new growth after only eight weeks
Salts in bore water caused the unsightly encrustation on this Bunya Pine. The difference is obvious when you compare the stunted and deformed foliage with the healthy new growth.
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| WATERANALYSIS |
| pH |
7.60 |
| Conductivity |
1.57 |
| Total Salinity |
1036mg/l |
| Total Alkalinity |
446mg/l |
| Hardness (Ca+Mg) |
758mg/l |
| Chloride |
230mg/l |
| Sodium |
76mg/l |
| Calcium |
181mg/l |
| Magnesium |
74mg/l |
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CONSIDERTHEBENEFITS
• lowers salinity in the soil
• water penetration is improved
• reduces water usage
• encourages plant and crop growth, greater yields
• reduces leaf burn
• less fertilizers required
• reduced the effects of salts and minerals in all water
• stops scale and corrosion of water systems
• drip irrigation lines stay clean
• ball valves and taps operate smoothly
• inhibits algae growth, stock troughs and tanks remain cleaner
• provides a more useable water supply
Compare the difference
These Fatsia Japonica plants were watered from the same water supply for five months. The only difference being one plant received Care-Free “conditioned” water, the other uncoditioned water.
The simple solution to hard water problems
Same orchid plant... Same Water
The staining experienced before installing a Care-Free Conditioner has totally disappeared on all new growth.
Care-Free... becomes part of the pipe line
This 100mm Care-Free Conditioner is installed by a vegetable grower in Victoria and delivers 1,900 lit/min. Because the pump and conditioner are isolated from the ground with poly pipe, a special rod and copper pipe (EK2) are used to supply the electrical current. See insert.
Size according to flow rate not pipe size
It is important not to oversize. This 20mm Care-Free unit is installed into a 25mm line from a pressure system. The attached Battery Pak (EK3) supplies the electrical current.
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Breakthrough technology lowers chlorides... |
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Care-Free Conditioners Australia has virtually pulled off the impossible. With no outside assistance Care-Free has developed, and proven, a water conditioning system which actually lowers salts in the soil!
Tests confirm after 3 years of irrigating 1,000 acres of cotton in Queensland, Australia, the Chlorides 900mm below the ground level were lowered by 41%.
The local agronomists were so amazed at the results, that they are now recommending the Care-Free Conditioner to other irrigation farmers in the district.
| SOILANALYSIS - 90cm Deep |
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Date sampled
15/06/98 |
Date sampled
17/05/01 |
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Before |
After |
% Reduction |
| Chloride mg/l |
2,050 |
1,202 |
-41.3% |
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| WATERANALYSIS |
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Date sampled
1/08/93 |
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mg/l |
| pH |
7.3 |
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| Elec. Cond. |
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3,240 |
| Chloride |
- |
1,300 |
| Sodium |
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1,020 |
| Salinity Class |
5 |
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| Sodicity Class |
4 |
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After eight waterings the CF200MkII reduced soil chloride 77% and helped produce the best wheat crop ever
After flood irrigating lucerne only eight times the soil analysis showed a substantial reduction in chloride of 77%.
The unit was inspected part way through the season, after conditioning 400 meg. of water. It was spotlessly clean inside.
The second season the owner harvested 32 bags per acre of wheat. His best ever and the best in the district.
Care-Free MkII delivers more water for less money
A great deal of research and development has gone into the design and technology of the new Care-Free MkII range.
Each unit is individually hand made from top quality 316 stainless steel. The result is a superior unit which is more efficient and better value.
That is, it delivers more water for less money.
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1800 EC bore water on its way to produce the best wheat crop in the district
Bore water 1,800 EC units |
Care-Free 200 MkII installed into a 250mm line for flood irrigation.
12.5 meg/day, (8,700lit/min) at 29kPa headloss - no orifice. |
| SOILANALYSIS |
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Date sampled
03/03/04 |
Date sampled
24/08/05 |
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Before |
After |
% Reduction |
| Sodium meq/100g |
1.6 |
1.1 |
31% |
| Chloride mg/kg |
150 |
35 |
77% |
| Elec. Cond. µS/cm |
230 |
130 |
44% |
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Care-Free stops 2,100mg/l salt water destroying lettuce crop.
As you know, good news travels fast. A vegetable producer whose bore water had become brackish with 2,100mg/l salt was about to plough in 10 acres of young lettuce severely affected with leaf burn. As you can imagine he wasn’t too happy with the prospect of losing $30,000. Fortunately he contacted us.
Several days after installing his Care-Free Water Conditioner he was elated, because his Care-Free had saved his entire crop. His neighbours, quick to see the benefits, now have Care-Free Water Conditioners installed to their irrigation systems!
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Jo Catanzariti a vegetable producer installed a CF75 in 1993 to overcome salinity problems in his water supply.
Flowrate 1200lit/min with orifice |
Vegetable producer saves $30,000...
Care-Free investment returns over 830%
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| The range of Care-Free Water Conditioners are manufactured wholly in Australia and exported to seven overseas countries including the United Arab Emirates. Soil tests carried out by the Agricultural Research Laboratory in Abu Dhabi showed the Care-Free conditioned water actually reduced the Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) by at least 25% |
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SOILANALYSIS
Date sampled 08/02/98
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Untreated |
Care-Free treated |
% Reduction |
| Conductivity - µS/cm |
7,600 |
6,800 |
10.5% |
| Sodium - Meg/l |
45.2 |
34.1 |
24.5% |
| Calcium - Meg/l |
36.6 |
32.3 |
11.7% |
| S A R |
8.8 |
6.6 |
25.0% |
| E S P |
10.5 |
7.8 |
25.0% |
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Care-Free Australia has exported water conditioners to the United Arab Emirates since 1996. Care-Free has had amazing results for farmers irrigating crops with high saline water. Also numerous Care-Free systems have been installed on Presidential farms. |
| A Presidential garden in Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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Care-Free investment returns farmer 500% by increasing onion and eggplant production by 50%
Using water with a TDS of 2,500 mg/l, the Care-Free Conditioner produced a 50% increase in onion and eggplant crops as well as a tomato harvest of AUD$20,000 on only 1,000 sq metres. The previous season a tomato crop could not be grown at all due to the salty water.
The owner was so pleased with the results he gave his supervisor a bonus equal to 70% of his annual salary.
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Bob Uden with farm supervisor at Al Salamat UAE.
CF50 fitted to a 65mm line.
Flowrate 600lit/min - no orifice. |
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MEXICO |
Onions thrive in 3,000mg/lit salt water
Soil and plant conditions before using Care-Free
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Consequences of using salty well water to grow onions.
Note soil clodding and poor uneven growth. |
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Installing 65mm Care-Free into 100mm line – Flowrate 1,000lit/min |
Three weeks using Care-Free
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The visual improvement is obvious in both soil quality and plant growth |
Five weeks using Care-Free
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Notice even growth... drip lines remain clean of scale |
Seven weeks using Care-Free
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Note soil texture and healthy growth |
Compare...
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Nine weeks with Care-Free |
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Without Care-Free - poor conditions, poor results |
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