| Irrigation system evaluation: Theory and laboratory
practice
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
Annual
Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the
capabilities of water professionals.
Programme prospectus
This course is ITRC's
traditional comprehensive three-day class, which combines classroom (50%) and
outdoor laboratory (50%) activities.
Efficiency definitions and evaluation techniques are
emphasized, ranging from how to take a pressure measurement to the specific
measurements required for evaluation of six distinct irrigation methods (furrow,
border strip, hand move/side roll sprinkler, linear move sprinkler, undertree
sprinkler and drip/ micro). These systems can be tuned to conserve water and
power and to maintain adequate surface water and groundwater
qualities.
Target group
Junior professionals
Programme
www
http://www.itrc.org/classes/ISEclass.html
Dates/duration
Three days, June
Language
English
Partners
US Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Region
Water Conservation Office, 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. |
