Through RFID-enabled water stations, SmartWater Pro automatically tracks and controls individual animal water intake, measuring daily consumption patterns. This data provides critical insight into animal health and behavior, helping identify changes that impact performance and overall efficiency.
Track water intake for every animal in your herd. SmartWater Pro reveals when and how much each animal drinks, giving producers valuable insights into hydration behavior and individual performance.
SmartWater Pro monitors changes in individual drinking behavior, helping you detect early signs of illness so you can treat animals sooner and reduce health-related losses.
Track individual animal consumption in real time and send alerts for unusual drinking patterns, helping you respond quickly to potential issues.
Automatically capture water intake data with minimal labor and animal stress. Simply connect power and water to start collecting accurate, individual consumption data right away.
The exclusion head gate is an automated system that gently redirects animals away from the water source once their individual target intake level has been reached, ensuring precise consumption control across every animal in the herd.
Water intake is a key indicator of animal health and performance, yet it is rarely measured at the individual level. Traditional watering systems only capture herd-level consumption, leaving researchers without the data needed to detect variation between animals or draw meaningful conclusions from nutrition and hydration trials.
SmartWater delivers automated, individual-level water intake monitoring for group-housed cattle. Using RFID identification, the system logs every watering visit and records exact consumption amounts for each animal, giving researchers accurate, reliable data to support hydration studies, health monitoring, and nutrition trials.
SmartWater Pro records every drinking interaction and converts these measurements into structured datasets delivered to users. Final data gives simple, clear insights into the following individual animal statistics
Track individual water intake to understand drinking behavior and ensure proper hydration across your herd.
Identify changes in water consumption that may indicate illness, enabling earlier intervention and improved animal outcomes.
Monitor how water intake responds to temperature, weather, and environmental conditions to evaluate heat stress impacts.
Analyze individual water consumption patterns to support research on efficiency, resilience, and animal performance traits.
SmartWater Pro is portable and wirelessly networked, with an exceptionally easy setup—just plug in the power source and it’s ready to use.
Automatic head gate system that moves animals’ heads from water source when desired intake level is reached.
SmarWater Pro bunks can be used almost anywhere cattle are fed and install easily into existing fence lines with no extra computers, wiring, or facilities required.
A protective kick plate shields SmartWater Pro load cells and weight systems from mud, manure, and debris in cattle pens to maintain accurate operation.
All raw and processed data is accessible in a secure archive with a simple online interface. Data is transmitted wirelessly with Wi-Fi or cellular network.
SmartWater Pro operates reliably in noisy RFID environments and can be configured with left, right, or dual ear tag scanners.
For remote applications, a solar power kit can be added
to each unit. The kit includes one solar panel, frame,
batteries, and a battery control box.
All of our units read HDX - Half Duplex and FDX
- Full Duplex tags. If your animals are not tagged
appropriately, you may purchase tags at any time from
C-Lock Inc.
