| Canal operation
Contact person
Dr Charles M. Burt -
Chairperson
Contact person's address
ITRC/BRAE
1 Grand
Avenue
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
93407
USA
Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel
+1-805-756-2379 Fax +1-805-756-2433
Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]
Type of programme
Classroom/laboratory
Certificate
Certificate of participation
Frequency of programme
Twice a year
Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the
capabilities of water professionals.
Programme prospectus
Cal Poly ITRC, on behalf of the
Mid-Pacific Region of the USBR and the Water Conservation Office of the
California Department of Water Resources, is providing the seventh annual series
of training and educational opportunities for staff, engineers and board members
of agricultural irrigation districts, as well as field operators. The classes
utilize the excellent indoor and outdoor facilities at Cal Poly.
Canal operation is a class in this series that
includes:
- The service concept, including farmer
constraints and needs;
- Purposes of different check structures
- Water
level vs flow rate control
- Minimizing tail-ender problem while still
achieving good service
- How to get more water through various
structures
- Introduction to SCADA
- Interaction between canals and
turnouts
Target group
Irrigation district field
operators
Programme
www
http://www.itrc.org/classes/IDSchoolOfIrr.html
Dates/duration
One day, January and March
Language
English
Partners
Mid-Pacific Region of the USBR
Water
Conservation Office of the California Department of Water Resources |
Irrigation Training and Research Center, Cal Poly State
University
Acronym
ITRC
Country
USA
Address
ITRC/BRAE
1 Grand Avenue
Cal Poly
State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
USA
Tel +1-805-756-2429
Fax +1-805-756-2433
E-mail
[email protected]
Institute/organization
www
http://www.itrc.org
Brief description of institution/organization
The
Irrigation Training and Research Center of Cal Poly State University provides
direct technical assistance in irrigation district modernization to over 90
irrigation districts in the western US. The Center specializes in SCADA,
modernization plans, canal and pump automation and water balances. Focus is on a
pragmatic approach, with successful field applications. In addition, the Center
works with field irrigation (drip, sprinkler, surface, fertigation, salinity and
drainage). Training, which is based on the extensive field experience of ITRC,
occupies about 30 percent of the annual budget. Research is about 20 percent and
technical assistance is 50 percent. The Center is 100 percent financially
self-supporting and houses offices, an excellent outdoor facility for teaching
field irrigation techniques and a unique Water Delivery Facility to teach all
forms of canal modernization, pumping, SCADA, etc.
One speciality of the Center is automation of canals,
including development of a complete modernization plan, modeling of the canal
system to tune control algorithms, specifications of hardware and software and
providing quality control during field installation, so that the end result is
an effective, working system. |
