Irrigation System Rehabilitation and Advanced Water Treatment for La Frutera Plantation

Irrigation System Rehabilitation and Advanced Water Treatment for La Frutera Plantation

Following the successful rehabilitation of the irrigation system at Unifrutti’s MADC plantations, Bloom were requested in January 2016 for a similar scope of work for Unifrutti’s larger 1,250 hectare banana plantation, La Frutera, located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines.
In a similar position, due to a mixture of ageing irrigation systems, as well as the risk of spread of Foc-TR4, La Frutera Inc had stopped irrigating their banana plantation.
Bloom’s solution comprised 6 pumping stations, with individual water treatment systems to ensure surface water is not contaminated by Foc-TR4. The systems were installed across the plantation, and connected to a new drip fertigation (fertilized irrigation).
La Frutera’s plantation is once more fully fertigated, ensuring consistently high yields, effcient fertilizer application across the plantation, and zero risk of Foc-TR4 being spread through surface water.

Client: La Frutera Inc. (a subsidiary of Unifrutti Philippines)
Location: Mindanao Philippines

System Specs:
– Number of Water Treatment Systems: 6
– Hectares Covered: 1,013 hectares
– Water Flow: 5,800 m3/h
– Chlorine Dosing: 3,200 l/h across six systems
– Working hours: 20 hours/day
– Water Source: Boluwan river


Date of Operation: Autumn 2016

 

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