5,000+
temperatures captured daily
Keith Day Company
150,000 tons a year, LGMA and USDA organic compliance, and hours of daily manual readings eliminated.
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CompostWatch
Trusted compost compliance, built for the real world.
Proven at scale. Built for the elements. Designed for compliance. CompostWatch is the wireless temperature monitoring system compost operators across North America rely on for PFRP and VAR validation and reporting.
Cellular probes: get started today for $1. First month and shipping included. See how it works
400+
Facilities
5,000+
Probes in the field
Millions
Tons of compost monitored daily
~40
Years serving the compost industry
The #1 trusted wireless temperature monitoring system in the USA, Canada and Mexico
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Trusted by the compost industry
When compliance matters, operators need data they can trust.
CompostWatch is the #1 trusted wireless temperature monitoring system in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Hundreds of industrial, commercial, municipal and agricultural compost operators, along with local enforcement agencies, rely on CompostWatch for PFRP and VAR validation and reporting.
The same reports support OMRI compliance and the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA), one of the most stringent produce safety programs in the country.
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Automatically generated PFRP and VAR report. View a sample.
Built for compost
This is not lab equipment. It works where compost happens.
Reotemp has served the compost industry for nearly four decades, with nearly 20 years spent engineering wireless probes for demanding, corrosive environments.
Heat and direct sun
Sealed electronics and stems that keep transferring heat accurately at composting temperatures.
Snow and freezing
Probes keep reporting through winter so your batch record never has a gap.
Rain and moisture
Designed for wet piles, high humidity and indoor facilities with saturated air.
Corrosive biosolids
A corrosion-proof stem made to withstand even the most corrosive biosolids.
Built in America. Manufactured in San Diego under ISO 9001.
Connectivity
Wireless without the gateway bottleneck.
CompostWatch cellular probes communicate independently. There is no local gateway, no line-of-sight requirement, no IT department approval and no antenna to mount high in the sky.
With gateway-based systems, one gateway failure can take an entire monitoring area offline. With CompostWatch, if one probe goes down the others keep operating.
- Greater system resilience, fewer single points of failure
- Less infrastructure to install, maintain and troubleshoot
Simple software, predictable costs
Compliance should not be complicated or unpredictable.
CompostWatch makes monitoring, validation, compliance and reporting simple, from small operations to large-scale facilities.
- Predictable compliance costs
- Automated data collection, no clipboards
- Automatically generated PFRP and VAR reports
- Live temperature graphs for every pile
- Text and email alerts on high and low temperature
- Record turning, watering, feedstocks and comments
- Monitor from any phone, tablet or computer
- Scales from a few piles to hundreds
Site overview: every pile, its PFRP and VAR time, at a glance.
The probe
Engineered to be the most durable probe in the pile.
- Proprietary corrosion-proof sheath, with some sites still running probes installed over 15 years ago
- Accuracy of plus or minus 2 F
- Two year battery life, replacement batteries included and swapped in the field with quick-disconnect connectors
- Readings every 15 minutes, sent hourly and more often when temperatures change fast
- Readings are stored and sent later if cellular signal drops, so the PFRP record has no gaps
- Up to 4 temperature sensors at custom depths for a full pile profile
- Lengths of 24, 36, 48 and 60 inches, or custom
- Modular design: stems, radio and batteries swap quickly on site
- Orange locator flag so probes are never lost before a turn
- Made in the USA under ISO 9001
A simple way to think about the investment
If staying compliant costs you more than $1 a day, CompostWatch deserves a serious look.
Where compliance, labor, equipment reliability and reporting all add up, CompostWatch is a predictable, scalable solution built specifically for composting. Subscriptions include the hardware, cellular data, software, reports and battery replacement.
From small operators to large-scale facilities
Whether you manage a small agricultural operation or a large municipal facility, CompostWatch provides the durability and reporting to monitor your process with confidence.
800 acres
of vineyard fed by monitored compost
Cakebread Cellars
A Napa Valley winery monitors compost sites across the valley from a phone to keep soil health on track.
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family-owned facility, Waianae
Island Topsoil
Manual recording replaced with automatic monitoring, staff redeployed, and on-site battery replacement keeps downtime low.
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Talk to an expert today
Schedule a convenient consultation with our Business Development manager Emilio Cervantes. We will walk through your data and reporting needs to generate a quote customized to your site.
Or call 888-457-2001 or email ecervantes@reotemp.com