{"id":26,"date":"2025-05-16T07:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquaductpipelines.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-05-26T02:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:09:35","slug":"gerard-van-den-bosch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquaductpipelines.com\/index.php\/gerard-van-den-bosch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard van den Bosch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.ASABE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANAGING DIRECTOR, DESIGN, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of Bosch Irrigation and Aquaduct NZ, Gerard was always passionate about watering.\u00a0\u00a0He attracted the attention of Adelaide University professors when he was only 13  years old, for Australia\u2019s first commercially viable drip irrigation system he built for his father\u2019s hortcultural business.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an award winning dairy farmer and irrigation specialist, Gerard was invited to be keynote speaker at the North American Grasslands conference before 750 delegates.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was also invited to become a life memember of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the early start in hydraulics, engineering and farming, Gerard brings over 50 years of experience to the industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;His primary concern is always the right water at the right&nbsp;&nbsp;time for client profitability and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/aquaductpipelines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquaductpipelines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png 484w, https:\/\/aquaductpipelines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.ASABE MANAGING DIRECTOR, DESIGN, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT Founder of Bosch Irrigation and Aquaduct NZ, Gerard was always passionate about watering.\u00a0\u00a0He attracted the attention of Adelaide University professors when he was only 13 years old, for Australia\u2019s first commercially viable drip irrigation system he built for his father\u2019s hortcultural business.\u00a0\u00a0 As an award winning dairy farmer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - 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