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SCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization
2005 •
Charles Burt
Case Study: Modernization of the Government Highline Canal
2000 •
Charles Burt
The Government Highline Canal Modernization Study was completed to evaluate options for reducing the flow rate requirement of the Government Highline Canal during the late Summer and Fall water delivery months. The intent was to develop a design for which Colorado River diversions could be better matched to on-farm demands. The two primary challenges associated with reducing diversions are that
Case Study: West Stanislaus Irrigation District Modernization
2017 •
Charles Burt
West Stanislaus Irrigation District (WSID) provides agricultural irrigation water to about 22,000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley. The majority of WSID’s water is diverted directly from the San Joaquin River, with supplemental water obtained from the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC), groundwater wells, and a variety of other sources. WSID operates a series of pumping plants that lift water from the San Joaquin River sequentially into six short canal reaches. Each main canal pool supplies one or two laterals along the valley contour. Water from the DMC enters the district via a gravity pipeline at the tail end of the main canal. Water supply curtailments, regulatory changes, and significant increases in drip/micro irrigated acreage have steered the district and its board members towards modernization of its original 1920’s-era infrastructure. To that end, the Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) has worked in cooperation with WSID since the early 2000’s on a phased modern...
Case Study: Installation of Canal Control Structures on the Government Highline Canal
2002 •
Charles Burt
The Government Highline Canal Modernization Study was completed in April 2000 to evaluate options for reducing the flow rate requirement of the Government Highline Canal in order to increase the water supply in the “15-Mile Reach” of the Colorado River, thereby helping sustain habitat for fish species identified as endangered. The intent was to develop a design for which Colorado
Uscid Conference on Benchmarking Irrigation System Peformance Using Water Measurement and Water Balances in San Luis Obispo Ca
Advances in PLC-Based Canal Automation
2002 •
Charles Burt
Case Study: Modernization of the Patterson Irrigation District
1999 •
Charles Burt
The Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California has been working in conjunction with the Patterson Irrigation District (PID) on modernization of the district facilities. This project is being partially funded by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Mid-Pacific Region. The district is located in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Water
Irrigation and Drainage
Advances in PLC-based irrigation canal automation
2004 •
Charles Burt
Modernizing Irrigational Facilities at Sutter Mutual Water Company: A Case Study
Charles Burt
In 1999 Sutter Mutual Water Company (SMWC) began an effort to modernize its water-distribution system in an attempt to reduce operation and maintenance costs and conserve water and power resources. The primary technical support was provided by professionals from the Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC), California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo. Additional technical expertise was provided by Concepts in Controls of Visalia, California and Wilson Pumps of Woodland, California. This modernization project was partially funded by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Mid-Pacific Region, Northern Area Office, through a Field Services Program Grant and technical support agreement with the ITRC. The effort encompassed two projects within the company's service area located within the boundaries of California's largest reclamation district, Reclamation District 1500. The projects were (1) the automation of the pumping plant at Portuguese ...
Meeting irrigation demands in a water-challenged environment
2010 •
Aymn Elhaddad
Presented at Meeting irrigation demands in a water-challenged environment: SCADA and technology: tools to improve production: a USCID water management conference held on September 28 - October 1, 2010 in Fort Collins, Colorado.Irrigation districts across the West face economic hardship brought about by increased maintenance costs, reduced water supplies, and a shortage of skilled labor. One opportunity for a district to offset these challenges is by implementing a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. However, historically these systems have been out of the reach of smaller and less-affluent districts because of the large capital outlays required for adoption. Reclamation's Nebraska-Kansas Area Office in cooperation with Reclamation's Hydraulic Investigations and Research Laboratory is working with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska to create a monitoring and control system suitable to the needs of a small irrigation district with limited resourc...
