Vorterra Water — Unlock the Full Potential of Water

What it is

One spool in the line.
Nothing else changes.

A Vorterra unit is a flanged spool — Schedule 80 PVC or steel — that replaces a straight run of pressurized pipe. Inside is a fixed internal geometry: no motor, no impeller, no dosing, no filter to change. Your pump, filters, manifold, laterals, emitters and scheduling all stay exactly as built.

140 PSI max operating 500–4,400 GPM 4″–12″ flanged 25–225 acres per unit

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01 · SPIN

Axial flow becomes a tight vortex

Fixed helical geometry converts straight flow into a fast centripetal spiral — the water moves, the unit doesn't.

02 · DROP

Pressure falls at the core

Rotation pulls static pressure down along the axis until vapour cavities form — ordinary fluid dynamics in an unusual geometry.

03 · COLLAPSE

Recovery does the work

Downstream of the throat the cavities collapse, and the water leaves the far flange behaving differently in your soil.

See it go in

It installs like a spool piece,
because that's what it is.

Mark Lopez, President of the Orange County Farm Bureau, walks through how easy the unit is to install — and the results he has seen on his own ground so far.

Flanged both ends — on a line with an existing flanged spool or a straight run you can take out, it goes in with gaskets and bolts. No glue joints to cure, no re-plumbing of the manifold.

Backed by data · University of Arizona

Independently evaluated.
In writing.

"Vorterra increased iceberg lettuce yield, improved irrigation conservation, and maintained performance under reduced nitrogen input… increased yield by 6.8% to 20.5% across corresponding treatments."

University of Arizona evaluation report — Conclusions Yuma Agricultural Center · 97-day controlled trial · May 2026

Read the findings Run your numbers

First page of the University of Arizona evaluation report on the Vorterra unit

16-page evaluationK3 Field · Yuma, Arizona

Measured, not promised

Results from trial plots
and production ground.

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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · YUMA

+20.5%

Yield under full irrigation

Controlled 8-treatment factorial trial on iceberg lettuce. Water productivity improved +23.1%, and treated plots could skip a scheduled irrigation and still out-yield controls.

ORANGE COUNTY · STRAWBERRIES

3 seasons

Commercial production, reclaimed water

Three consecutive strawberry seasons on Vorterra with A.G. Kawamura, former California Secretary of Food & Agriculture — with 10–20% season-over-season yield gains reported.

UC ANR · SUMMER SQUASH

177,796 lbs

From an acre and a half

A 2026 demonstration block hosted with University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources — the harvest donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.

A.G. Kawamura inspecting green beans in the field during harvest

Commercial validation

A remarkable technology I intend to expand across my operations.

A.G. Kawamura Former California Secretary of Food & Agriculture · Former Chairman, Western Growers
Third-generation grower-shipper, Orange County Produce & Gem-Pack Berries

You're in good company

Running on production ground.

Commercial operations running Vorterra today — from one of the largest strawberry growers in the United States to the largest pepper grower in the world.

Beyond the farm gate

Built for the era
of less water.

The Colorado River Basin is negotiating its post-2026 operating rules against reservoirs at historic lows. Demand-side efficiency — making every delivered acre-foot do more — is the one tool growers, districts and agencies all share. It's also the only thing this hardware does.

01

Conserved water you can meter

The Arizona trial's treated plots skipped a scheduled irrigation, confirmed by soil-moisture sensors — conservation as a measured event, not an estimate.

02

Less nitrogen, same yield

Yield held with nitrogen cut by roughly a quarter — a water-quality lever in the same piece of pipe.

03

Nothing new to permit

Passive hardware: no chemicals dosed, no power drawn, no discharge — it changes what water does, not what's in it.

Districts & agencies — talk to us The evidence

A.G. Kawamura and Mark Lopez with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins in a Vorterra-equipped strawberry field

Federal attention, on the ground. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins visiting the Vorterra-equipped Orange County strawberry operation, with A.G. Kawamura and Orange County Farm Bureau President Mark Lopez.

Documentary record of a field visit. The presence of a public official is not an endorsement of Vorterra or its products.

In the news

Milestones worth
reading about.

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Field resultsMay 2026

University of Arizona completes controlled evaluation

Yield up 6.8–20.5% across every treatment pair over a 97-day trial — water productivity up 23.1%.

TeamJul 2025

A.G. Kawamura joins as Senior Strategic Advisor

The former California Secretary of Agriculture joins — after three seasons running Vorterra on his own ground.

Field visit2026

Secretary of Agriculture Rollins visits a Vorterra-equipped farm

The Secretary walked the Orange County strawberry operation that has run Vorterra for three seasons.

Start with one block

Prove it on your own ground —
then turn the water down.

A pilot runs a treated demo block at 25–30% less water and fertigation against a matched control, with the plant data to show it held. Units are leased — Vorterra retains service, and a 10-year warranty stands behind the hardware.

Get started Run your numbers

One spool in the line.Nothing else changes.