Urban Ag Issue 4, Dec 2013 | Page 25

Hayes advises growers considering treating their water to work with companies that design water treatment processes and are not simply trying to sell treatment components. “Very often growers don’t have the upfront capital to install a water treatment system all at once,” he said. “What I do is work with growers to determine where they are currently, where they could potentially be and determine the steps necessary to get them there, allowing them to take the right steps in the right order.” Hayes said th R&