WATERSOLV™ TURF PROGRAM
Prescription chemistry for your water and soil.
WaterSOLV™ Turf is HCT’s testing-driven program for golf, sports, and managed turf. Concentrated chemistry is injected at the pump station during normal irrigation, and each product targets a specific root cause: mineral scale, sodium, black layer, or biofilm. Water moves deeper, tied-up nutrition unlocks, and the root zone performs the way it should.
Est. 2015 · 300+ turf facilities served · No sulfuric acid, urea, or added nutrients · Testing before treatment
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM?
One program for the whole water-soil-root system, not a single product.
The symptoms superintendents bring to HCT share one cause: irrigation water carries minerals, salts, and biology that bind in the lines, the profile, and the root zone with every cycle. WaterSOLV™ Turf treats that as one system. Concentrated chemistry is injected at the pump station so every irrigation cycle conditions the water, strips bound minerals from the soil, and keeps nutrition plant-available. Targeted products handle black layer, biofilm, and problem greens. Testing decides what goes where.
Evaporative crystals of strong acids are not redissolved by strong acids; WaterSOLV keeps calcium and magnesium soluble instead.
WHERE EACH PRODUCT ACTS IN THE SYSTEM
WATER SOURCE
Hard water, bicarbonates, sodium, chloride, and biology arrive with every irrigation.
Curative
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PUMP STATION & LINES
Chemistry is injected here; scale and biofilm narrow the delivery system.
Curative · BC · FS-1 delivery
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SOIL PROFILE
Bound minerals and salts fill pore space and cement the profile.
Curative · pHix (topical)
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ROOT ZONE
Oxygen, biology, and nutrient availability decide how roots perform.
BC · Grow
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TURF
Infiltration, rooting depth, recovery, and playability show up on the surface.
Grow
WHAT IT IS BUILT TO SOLVE
The problems usually start in the water and show up on the surface.
Each of these has its own HCT University page. Start with the one that looks like your course.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
Three layers of treatment. Your pump station carries most of it.
Water is conditioned first, because every irrigation cycle either corrects the profile or adds to the problem. Soil correction follows through the same water, with topical treatment on problem greens and tees. Biological and turf support comes last.
01 · WATER & SYSTEM TREATMENT
Condition the irrigation water at the pump station
Curative is injected through the FS-1 flow switch at rates linear to water hardness, so dissolved minerals stay soluble instead of re-binding as scale in lines and soil. BC is added where black layer, iron slime, or sulfate-reducing bacteria are part of the problem.
Products: Curative · BC · FS-1
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02 · SOIL & ROOT-ZONE CORRECTION
Release what is bound and open the profile
Treated water dissolves bicarbonate, valence, and chloride bonds, restoring pore space and lowering bulk density so locked minerals become plant-available nutrition. pHix, Curative and BC in one container, is applied topically to problem greens, tees, and localized dry spots for a faster response.
Products: Curative · pHix (topical) · BC
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03 · BIOLOGY & TURF SUPPORT
Clean up biology and support recovery
BC biodegrades to dissolved oxygen and water for continuous chemical aeration of the root zone. Grow targets biofilm, bio-waste, root rot, fungi, and mold, adds oxygen, and converts nitrogen to nitrate so aerobic bacteria thrive and the root zone can breathe.
Products: BC · Grow
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TURF RESPONSE
Measured, not assumed: water moving down through the profile, deeper rooting, less sodium pressure without gypsum, more uniform playable surfaces, and lower water demand, confirmed by retesting.
MEET THE PRODUCTS
Four products. Each has one job in the program.
WaterSOLV operates below pH 8.0 with no sulfuric acid, urea, or added nutrients. Each product targets a different mechanism in the water and soil.
MINERAL DISSOLUTION · INJECTED
WaterSOLV™ Curative
Dissolves bicarbonate, valence, and chloride bonds, converting locked minerals and metals into soluble, plant-available nutrition before they accumulate as insoluble complexes. Detoxifies sodium and chloride, restores pore space, and lowers bulk density. One gallon displaces nine gallons of sulfuric acid.
Applied Injected at the pump station every irrigation cycle
Best fit Slow infiltration, bicarbonates or hardness, salt-affected irrigation, sealed or compacted profiles
PEROXIDE-BASED AERATION · INJECTED
WaterSOLV™ BC
An inhibited, catalyzed peroxide solution that treats black layer, iron slime, and sulfate-reducing bacteria. Detoxifies soluble salts and sequesters minerals and metals into available nutrition. The majority biodegrades to dissolved oxygen and water: continuous chemical aeration of the root zone.
Applied Injected through irrigation, often alongside Curative
Best fit Black layer or black matter, slime-related infiltration loss, hydrogen sulfide odor, anaerobic root zones
CURATIVE + BC · TOPICAL
WaterSOLV™ pHix
The power of Curative and BC in one container, and a gateway product for trial. Restores infiltration, flushes salts and biomatter, and mitigates black layer and toxicity on problem greens, tees, and localized dry spots that are not biologically compromised.
Applied Topical, at rates near 1 gallon per acre weekly or semi-weekly
Best fit Problem greens or tees, surface sealing, localized dry spot, spot-treatment zones
BIO-REMEDIATION · SUPPORT
WaterSOLV™ Grow
Targets biological problems: biofilm, bio-waste, root rot, fungi, mold, and yeast. Adds oxygen, detoxifies sodium, sequesters soluble salts, and converts nitrogen to nitrate. Reduces anaerobic biomatter so aerobic bacteria thrive and root zones can breathe.
Applied Support product within a staged program, once correction is underway
Best fit Turf recovery, low vigor, nutrient mobility, program continuation
WHY IT IS DIFFERENT
What changes when you stop treating symptoms and start treating the system.
These are the differences HCT documents on its own technical pages. Click any row to open the page behind it.
CONVENTIONAL APPROACH
WATERSOLV™ PROGRAM
TESTING & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Test first. Then build the program.
Legacy Analytical runs your soil against your own irrigation water (4:1 ratio, 72-hour soak), so the prescription is sized from what the profile is actually doing.
01
Test
Irrigation Water Analysis, Bac T, Available Soil Nutrition, and Total Soil Digestion where reserves matter.
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Analyze
Results go into the Legacy Analytical Ledger with every parameter categorized by severity; site water, acreage, and depth factored in.
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Prescribe
Interpretations & Recommendations turn the ledger into a prescription: products, ppm dosages, cost per acre, and a timeline.
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Treat
Chemistry injects automatically every irrigation cycle through the FS-1, with topical pHix where greens or tees need it.
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Monitor
Retest with treated water (ASN – Treated Water) for a direct before-and-after comparison, then adjust.
PROVEN IN THE FIELD
What superintendents and independent studies have reported.
Case studies HCT has published, with the numbers as they appear on those pages. Read them in full before applying the logic to your own course.
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FEATURED CASE STUDY · FLUSHING GREENS, GREEN #3, COUNTRY CLUB AT THE LEGENDS
A rebuild-candidate green reopened in 12 days: infiltration from 3.92 to 17.31 in/hr.
An independent evaluation of a sand-based green with hardpan, blackened anaerobic layers, and iron above 4,400 ppm under very strong acid testing. WaterSOLV Curative and BC were used as a dual-action remediation; bulk density in the 8–12 inch zone fell from 1.72 to 1.54 g/cc and air porosity improved. The study’s conclusion: this was not compaction, it was chemical contamination.
3.92 → 17.31
infiltration, in/hr
1.72 → 1.54
bulk density, g/cc (8–12 in)
12 days
evaluation window
“The water is moving down through.”
ARIZONA COUNTRY CLUB
Four-plus years on program with consistent mitigation of salts, improved uniformity, and reduced water demand.
“Dramatic improvement in infiltration and root depth, and reduced sodium issues without gypsum.”
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT, ARIZONA
Direct field response tied to HCT’s custom turf prescription approach.
“It is as green and vibrant as any turf on the course.”
PAPAGO GOLF COURSE
Reported after treatment of mussels, salt, and hardness issues in the water and soil profile.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Start with the right diagnosis. Then make the right move.
Book Legacy Testing if you want the prescription sized from your own water and soil. Talk with HCT if you already know the problem and want to discuss product fit, injection, and timing. Either way, you get a site-specific recommendation, not a generic one.
QUICK ANSWERS · HCT UNIVERSITY
Ask Hu before or after testing.
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