Lateral diversions are generally deep underground with limited access and even more limited metering options. Combined with silt and trash-laden stream flows, the large pipes often associated with lateral diversions used by irrigation water-supply companies to distribute water usually mean either expensive meters or no meter at all.
The MACE AgriFlo provides a simple and cost-effective solution to the measurement of these flows. Firstly, a "strap-mount" velocity sensor can be installed inside the pipe (from 6" to 100" /100mm to 2.5 m diameter) without the need for expensive excavation work to access the outside of the pipe wall. Secondly, cables are routed either underground and/or through the mounting pole to the AgriFlo electronics module, providing an extremely tamper and vermin resistant design. A solar panel is used to charge the internal battery, thus making the AgriFlo a truly remote electronic flow meter.
Many large lateral diversions monitored by irrigation districts have multiple pipes that need to be monitored. With the Series3 AgriFlo, up to three pipes can be measured with the same unit, providing even greater overall water management at an extremely affordable price.
Because the MACE strap-mount velocity sensor provides very little obstruction to the flow and has no moving parts, the whole system is virtually maintenance free.