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know that the predicted effects on European weather patterns will not necessarily be long warm summers. Indeed, we have now experienced two of the wettest summers on record with flash flooding affecting many areas of England and Wales. Drainage issues have never been as pressing as they are now after a summer of such excessive and intense rainfall. Many golf clubs have come into the autumn with very high ground water levels and will waterlog with very little extra precipitation over the winter months. Course Managers are looking at
s news headlines continue to be dominated by climate change most people already
proved that it had tremendous potential to solve drainage problems quickly and permanently, and John then approached Ian Lavelle, course manger of Whitby Golf Club to test the product on some golf course applications. The course had a number of
Early versions of the product
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various ways of installing cost effective drainage systems, particularly in bunkers, which have been badly effected by high and intense rainfall, often remaining like duck ponds for days following sudden downpours. A relatively simple solution to golf course drainage comes in the form of Aquadyne drainage panels manufactured by Econoplas Ltd. Aquadyne is a unique drainage material manufactured from 100% post use non-toxic recycled materials. It offers a cost effective and rapidly installed solution to many of the serious drainage problems encountered on the golf course. It comes in one-metre lengths, so installation needs no heavy machinery. The material is lightweight and extremely durable, the open pore structure fights against clogging, settlement and with flow rates ten times greater than sand.
The current Managing Director, John Gaskarth, founded the company in 1997. Aquadyne was developed by John to solve persistent drainage problems on his own farmland in Whitby. The success of its performance is that it combats the basic problems of conventional drainage: - settlement - compaction - infiltration - migration - drying out.
problem areas where Ian thought Aquadyne would be truly put to the test, yet it very quickly became apparent that it worked exceptionally well. “Fairways, semi-rough, pass-over points, walkways were vastly improved where it was applied, not to mention our biggest success story, the bunker at the first hole. With Aquadyne installed it was somewhat akin to someone removing a plug from a bath tub” said Ian.
It is a common misconception that Aquadyne can only be used as a replacement for secondary drainage systems (i.e. sand or gravel filled trenches). It actually has an open pore structure and performance capacity which is comparable to that of a primary (pipe and pipe and gravel) drainage system. Thereby bringing the simplicity and convenience of a secondary drainage system, but delivering the capacity and long- term performance associated with much more expensive and intrusive mains (primary) drainage installations.
lightweight, less heavy equipment is also required during installation and far fewer trips need to be made across the course. An installation of 500 metres would (in weight terms) need 2.8 tonnes of Aquadyne, whereby conventional drainage would require 11 tonness of materials to be transported across the course, four times more. Sales have started to soar after the initial couple of seasons, with many of the early courses that started with trial installations now embarking on extensive projects.
Because Aquadyne is
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