Preventing environmental impact in wastewater irrigation area for the largest meat industry in Australia
Preventing environmental impact in wastewater irrigation area for the
largest meat industry in Australia
March 17th, 2016 - Libelium
AJ Bush Meet Manufacturer is the Australia’s largest and longest established meat products
businesses and has two large-scale meat rendering plants based in Australia in
the cities of Queensland and New South Wales. Organic wastes from such
facilities pose significant environmental management challenges.
In fact, Queensland plant is one of Australia’s major
service rendering plants processing both red meat and poultry by-products and
has been recognized with the National Premier’s Sustainability Award. Libelium
wireless sensor network has been installed at site for integration with the EnviroSuite software platform.
The deployment involve Libelium Plug & Sense! Smart
Agriculture with soil moisture sensors
installed in a wastewater irrigation area as the basis of a real-time
operational tool to guide management in turning irrigation systems on and off
using soil moisture as a key indicator. Management of soil moisture in
wastewater irrigation is essential for the protection of groundwater from
nitrate contamination.
Libelium sensors and EnviroSuite Agriculture Module being installed at AJ Bush.
Besides, the deployment also includes Libelium Plug & Sense! Smart Water with sensors for electrical conductivity, temperature and dissolved
oxygen installed in a creek within the AJ Bush property boundary. These
sensors provide real-time monitoring of water quality, giving an early warning
system for potential surface water contamination. Next sensors to be installed
include measurements of nitrate, pH and flow in real-time.
Libelium Plug & Sense! sensor platform captures all relevant data in realtime. The EnviroSuite software platform
receives the data and converts it into powerful monitoring, forecasting and
reporting tools to aid effective management of operations and compliance
processes. Early results show that the water module is working as expected.
Waspmote Plug
& Sense! Smart Agriculture and Water schema
The Water Module has the potential to significantly
reduce the cost of environmental reporting and compliance in a broad range of human activities that affect both surface and ground
water, while significantly improving the ability to proactively manage these
issues. This project lets cover the investment in 18 months due to
reduced grab monitoring, improved labour efficiencies and lab costs.
“It is so much better knowing what’s happening in your
soils and waterways by getting real-time data compared to the old ways of
sending samples to the lab and waiting for weeks for the results, and not
knowing in the meantime what’s going on”, comments David Kassulke, Managing
Director at AJ Bush.
“We are very excited with the deployment of the Water
Module in Queensland with an iconic Australian Company that is committed to
leading their industry in adopting best practice solutions to managing their
relationship with their surrounding environment and communities.”, says Peter
White, CEO of Pacific Environment.
More info:
For technical details on
Waspmote hardware, sensors and how to program a Smart Agriculture application: Agriculture Board Technical Guide 
For technical details on
Waspmote hardware, sensors and how to program a Smart Water application: Smart Water Board Technical Guide
Read more about Libelium
sensor product lines in the Waspmote, Waspmote Plug & Sense! Sensor
Platform and Meshlium Gateway websites.
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