Programme title

Institution/organization

Automation of irrigation canals

Contact person
Dr Timothy K. Gates - Co-Director

Contact person's address
Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372
USA

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +1-970-491-5043 Fax +1-970-491-6787

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Course
Field trip included

Certificate
Certificate of participation

Frequency of programme
Available on request

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
The objective of the course is to provide irrigation engineers an understanding of the different types of automation schemes that are available and the advantages and disadvantages of each scheme. The participants will have an opportunity to see canal automation equipment in action.

The course focuses on problems with existing water delivery schedules, prerequisites for improved performance of irrigation canals and the need for automation, real-time estimation of crop water requirements, flow measurement structures, upstream and downstream control operational concepts and methods, automation equipment, local control using hydromechanical and electro-mechanical devices, feedback, constant-volume and constant-level control, data transmission equipment, advantages and disadvantages of gate stroking algorithm for scheduled deliveries, real-time feedback control for demand deliveries, hybrid control algorithm and dynamic regulation.

The course will include field trips to the Salt River Project and Central Arizona Project.

Target group
Irrigation engineers who are responsible for planning and designing schemes for automated flow monitoring and control in irrigation systems.

Programme www
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/
centers/ciim/courses/course10.html

Dates/duration
Two to four weeks, upon request, negotiable with at least 90 days advance notice.

Language
English, with interpreters upon request.

Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management

Acronym
CIIM

Country
USA

Address
Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management
Department of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
B212 Engineering Building
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1372
USA

Tel +1-970-491-5247

Fax +1-970-491-6787

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/
ce/centers/ciim/index.shtml

Brief description of institution/organization
The Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management (CIIM) coordinates the resources of Colorado State University and its experienced professional faculty in the area of irrigation management. The CIIM provides integrated interdisciplinary training, technical assistance and project management services worldwide to organizations involved in all phases of irrigation management. In addition, CIIM has responsibility for Colorado State's large-scale interdisciplinary irrigation project activities.

With access to the University's vast resources of expertise and experience for its special courses and other activities, CIIM's resources include Colorado State's computers; the University's hydraulic and irrigation laboratories; the National Technological University (worldwide satellite communication technical training courses); Colorado State's engineering facilities, world famous for irrigation research and hydraulic engineering; and comparative databases on Irrigation Management issues in a number of countries.

CIIM and Colorado State University are committed to excellence in training. CIIM conducts custom study tours, workshops, intensive short courses and field trips for a wide variety of irrigation topics.

CIIM's activities involve: Research, Technical Assistance and Development and Education and Training.