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Programme title

Institution/organization

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) - Introduction

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
The 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.

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) - Introduction, is a class in this series that includes:

- Monitoring
- Sensors
- Communications
- Control
- PLC/RTU units
- MMI software
- RFQ and RFP procedures

Target group
Engineers, managers and technicians

Programme www
http://www.itrc.org/classes/IDSchoolOfIrr.html

Dates/duration
One day, 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.


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