Longstanding and rapidly growing BertOostenbrink, the founder of the company, started his career selling drip irrigation products in Southern Alberta for residential landscape and shelterbelts. In 1987, Bert moved his family to Chilliwack and he officially founded Southern Irrigation (then called Southern Drip Irrigation). With a staff of two, the company started out by selling irrigation products to the local nurseries, greenhouses, and dairies. Over the following years, the company evolved into a multi-faceted business that sold more than drip irrigation – they sold everything related to transporting water. They got involved in all kinds of projects, including: sewer, drainage, municipal, golf, commercial greenhouses, manure transfer, and more. Today, Southern Irrigation remains family-owned and operated by five of Bert’s sons. The company has evolved considerably over the past 35 years, but they have especially evolved over the last five years. When Peter joined, he estimates he was employee number 48. OCTOBER 2022
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