Measure water and energy before deciding on irrigation.
Well telemetry, pumping automation, sector irrigation control and pumping energy optimization. Backed by AgroSynapse, the ecosystem's vertical platform for the sector.
Water stress and the requirement to measure extractions turned telemetry into an operating requirement, not an optional improvement. What is not measured now also has to be reported.
CLP 4,200 million
Amount allocated in the 08-2026 national competition for monitoring of surface and groundwater extractions: sensors, flow meters and telemetry.
Source: Comisión Nacional de Riego, competition 08-2026
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Pumping drives the electricity bill
On an irrigation-intensive estate, pumps are one of the largest operating costs. How much energy each cubic metre costs is rarely known, and without that number no efficiency discussion is possible.
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Irrigation by estimate, not by measurement
Irrigation, nutrition and management decisions based on judgement and calendar. Variability between blocks is hard to observe in time and gets corrected once the damage is done.
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Field, weather and machinery in separate systems
The data exists, scattered across spreadsheets, vendor consoles and notebooks. Nobody has the full picture at the moment the call has to be made on whether the pump starts.
CLP 1,200 million
National innovation competition 12-2026, which enabled initiatives such as AgriPV, floating photovoltaics over reservoirs, subsurface irrigation, agricultural desalination and AI applied to irrigation scheduling.
Source: Comisión Nacional de Riego, competition 12-2026
What is being quoted
The projects this sector is asking for.
This is not a list of what we can do: it is what is being tendered and quoted in this industry right now. If your problem is on it, the conversation starts with context.
Well telemetry
Flow, static and dynamic level, pressure, pump status, energy and operating hours, with continuous transmission and stored history.
Pumping station automation
PLC or RTU, variable frequency drive or soft starter, level, pressure and flow sensors, cellular or LoRa communication and remote control of the station.
Pumping energy optimization
Pump sequencing, using the reservoir as hydraulic storage, shifting consumption off peak, pressure-based control and kWh/m³ tracking.
Sector irrigation automation
Valves, sectors, soil moisture sensors, evapotranspiration and weather, with pressure control and dynamic scheduling instead of a fixed calendar.
Reservoir management
Level, volume, inflow and outflow water balance, critical-level alerts and cameras where seeing matters as much as measuring.
Fertigation and traceability
pH, electrical conductivity, dosing, per-sector recipes and a traceable record of what was applied.
Photovoltaics for pumping
Particularly where consumption is daytime and surface is available, including installation over reservoirs.
AI for irrigation scheduling
Weather, ET0, soil moisture, phenology, water availability and electrical constraints to decide when to irrigate, how much, which sector and with which pump.
How we work here
Our capability, applied to agribusiness, aquaculture and food.
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Field
Ultrasonic level sensing in tanks and reservoirs, flow metering at the well, pressure at the head, and PLC control over pumping and sector valves.
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Link
Distributed 4G between pumping points, or LoRa where sectors are scattered and cellular coverage is intermittent.
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Platform
A dashboard of tanks, wells and pumping with history, water balance and energy per cubic metre, integrable with what the estate already uses.
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Decision
Alerts on level, pressure or anomalous consumption, and control that starts or stops pumping before emptying the reservoir or irrigating in the expensive hours.
We start with a bounded pilot, build alongside your operations team and measure what matters. If we propose something, we can also implement it.
What it is measured against
The indicators are set before anything is installed.
A pilot without a baseline is no basis for a scale-up decision. These are the indicators the work is designed against, measured before starting so there is something to compare with.
kWh per m³ irrigated
The indicator that makes one pumping station comparable to another and reveals a pump running off its best efficiency point.
Cost per m³
The same consumption expressed in money, with the estate's real tariff and hourly profile.
Pumping hours on peak tariff
How much consumption falls in the expensive part of the day, which is where the quickest saving lives.
Extracted flow against water rights
Measured extraction against what is authorised, which is what now has to be evidenced.
Irrigation uniformity across sectors
Difference in application between blocks, measured rather than estimated.
Does this help apply to Comisión Nacional de Riego programmes?+
The CNR explicitly funds telemetry, motorisation, automation, flow metering and well sensors, and its innovation competitions have included photovoltaics, subsurface irrigation and AI applied to irrigation. We design the technical project so it fits those terms; the application and its outcome depend on the competition and the estate, not on us.
How is well flow measured for telemetry?+
With a flow meter on the delivery line plus static and dynamic level in the well, and pump status and consumption. That combination is what lets you evidence extraction and, at the same time, see whether the pump is running off its curve.
How much can the pumping electricity bill come down?+
It depends on the pump curve, the contracted tariff and the hourly profile, which is why we do not give a percentage before measuring. The work starts by establishing the real kWh/m³ and the consumption by time band: only with that baseline can you say what is sequencing, what is a drive and what is tariff.
Can irrigation be automated without replacing all the equipment?+
Yes. The norm is to keep pumps, valves and head, and add control, measurement and communication. Equipment is replaced when measurement shows it does not cope, not before.
Does it work on estates without cellular coverage?+
Yes. In sectors without coverage we use a dedicated link or LoRa towards a point with connectivity, and autonomous power where the grid does not reach. It is the same problem we solve on sites with limited access.
Contact
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