Justin Felix reports on a product providing chemical-free water solutions that doesn’t cost the earth to run. And the best part is, it’s Aussie-made.

Australians are early adopters when it comes to products that treat or conserve water.
Living in a hot, dry and remote place has made us global leaders in dealing with droughts and developing intuitive ways to solve bad bore and dam water quality issues.

One such product by Adelaide manufacturer Hydrosmart, provides a simple and sustainable hi-tech solution to conditioning water without the need for chemicals, filters or maintenance. Hydrosmart has helped clients battle droughts for over two decades and really comes into its own when freshwater dams run dry and salty bores become the only water supply available.

The technology is based on particle physics research which has established that scale layers and corrosion problems are related to how well minerals in water are dissolved.

Subsequent application of the technology by crop growers has demonstrated that better dissolved minerals also confer a distinct growth advantage for living organisms.

“Hydrosmart emits an Electric Field (EF) modulated in the ultra low and very low frequency range. Water to be treated does not contact the apparatus. Hydrosmart frequencies selectively target minerals in the water. It does so as a result of research conducted into particle physics on using frequencies and pulses upon water,” Paul Pearce of Hydrosmart explains.

A Hydrosmart microprocessor unit produces resonance frequencies that are focused on the water flow via antennae wound in tight coils around your client’s water pipe. There are no reject streams, no pressure losses and no flow restrictions.

Frequency effects remain in treated water for up to 5 days and progressively break down bonds of any mineral deposits already formed. Calcium and iron scale in pipes and equipment that are connected to the treated flow becomes loosened within a period of months. The loosened minerals then break free and exit the pipe with the water, rather than continuing to clog the pipe or equipment.

“By dissolving minerals and preventing them from recombining while in suspension Hydrosmart softens hard water, scale and oxidised iron removal/prevention. It also fights corrosion and manages salinity without need of chemicals or membranes.”

“The unit gets fitted at the point of entry or at the point of use to protect plumbing of entire communities or specific individual equipment.

“If being fitted onto buildings then a plumber is required by law, making it another tool to have at your disposal for clients who like the set and forget aspect of no salt required or any need of services and maintenance in hard water areas of Australia. Hydrosmart has multiple selling points and can replace a water softener for homes, factories, cooling towers and hospital boilers as well as reverse osmosis in irrigation to remove salt,” Paul says.

Electronically run, the unit requires a power point or a battery and solar panel and requires less power than to run a light globe.