Otterbine’s High Volume aerator has
been installed in the golf practice area in The R&A’s Equipment Testing
Centre at Kingsbarns, Scotland, to keep the water well-aerated and the build-up
of algae to a minimum.
Paul Kimber from Kimber Golf, golf course architect and contractor
working with The R&A on the facility, says: “Otterbine was considered a
good choice to aerate the water for irrigating the practice area, based on the
good company it keeps under Reesink Turfcare distributorship.
“Reliable after-sales service was important and we know through our
work with Reesink and its Toro products this is what we’d get. Otterbine is
providing us with the high quality solution for an important client we would
expect.”
And that solution is clean and
healthy water. Callum Oliphant, managing director of Applied Irrigation, one of
Scotland’s leading irrigation specialists, who worked with The R&A and
Kimber Golf on making this product choice, says: “Irrigation is vital to keep
the greens in the best condition so tests can be performed on a true playing
surface and clean healthy water is essential for that. One pond feeds the
entire underground irrigation tank so we knew the product we chose had to be
able to shift a good quantity of water.”
Otterbine is the only manufacturer to
have oxygen transfer and pumping rates independently tested and published on
its aeration systems with the High Volume offering the highest in the industry.
Moving an impressive 3.3lbs or 1.5kg
of oxygen per horsepower hour and pumping over 900GPM or 198 m3/hr, Otterbine’s
experience is obvious in the performance and results of the High Volume.
Constructed from stainless steel, thermoplastics and with a rugged low speed
motor, this system is built to deliver results no matter what the aquatic
environment.
