About

Company Background

Observant is an Australian—owned company that designs, manufactures and distributes products and services for agricultural, urban and environmental water monitoring and management applications. With its head office in Melbourne, Observant has been operating since 2003. Observant directly employs all staff involved in product design and development, customer service and support, and project management and implementation. Using regional resellers and project partners, Observant has developed an extensive distribution network throughout Australia.

Recent Project Summary

Observant has successfully partnered with government and industry in a wide range of agricultural, environmental and residential projects including:

  • Flow meter monitoring for Water for Rivers, ACT
  • Irrigation automation for Rice Research Australia Pty Ltd
  • Pastoral water system monitoring for the NT Department of Resources
  • Automation and monitoring of stock and domestic water supply system for the NSW Department of Water & Energy
  • Residential waster water pump monitoring for large urban water authority
  • Dedicated customer installations in the agricultural, dairy, and waste water sectors across Australia from single systems to multi-hundred unit deployments
  • Development of a monitoring system for the Australian Conservation Foundation’s ‘Just Add Water’ initiative that tracked and publicly documented the progress of an environmental water delivery of up to 400 million litres of water to Hattah Lakes in Victoria

Resellers

Observant has developed a strong network of partners and resellers in the agribusiness sector to ensure you have the best possible sales and service experience. Delivering a range of remote monitoring solutions which are compatible with the products you already use is paramount to Observant’s customer promise and if there is a product you currently use which is not part of the listed companies, please contact us so we can make inquires on your behalf.

To locate a reseller near you, please contact us with your location details and we’ll let you know who is in your area.

Partners

Mono Pumps (Australia) Pty Ltd

Mono Pumps is a world leader in the development of solar powered pumping systems, offering an extensive range of conventionally powered helical rotor borehole & surface transfer pumps, built to last.
mono-pumps.com

Yanmar

Electric start Yanmar engines provide the robust diesel power required in harsh climatic conditions.
yanmar.com.au

Nutridose Water Medicator

The Nutridose® System measures the dose injected, not the time the pump is run. This makes it the most accurate system available. High quality gate valves and solenoid valves ensure the system is secure when shut down.
nutridose.com.au

Norprim Nutrient Dispensing System

The Norprim® nutrient dispenser measures water flow in the line and injects nutrients out of a separate holding tank into the main water line at a rate determined by the user.
norprim.com.au

Maxon Australia

Maxon Australia’s rich history in CDMA telemetry development has been brought to the fore with the modmax. Coupling the great benefits of Telstra’s Next G™ network with our experience, the modmax is a powerful data solution limited only by your imagination.
maxon.com.au

Pakton Electric Fence Monitor

The PTE0480 Electric Fence Monitor is designed to monitor up to eight standard or four sets of Bi-Polar electric fence live lines. The monitor looks at all lines continuously and can report on a serial data link to a PC or SCADA RTU.
pakton.com.au

Allflex

The Allflex livestock tags and panel readers are built with the toughest technologies and working conditions in mind.
allflex.com.au

Tru-Test Weighing System

A walk-over-weighing system which can record up to 50 000 animals, with a cross reference capability for breed, sex, sire and dam.
tru-test.com