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An Extension education program to help water districts conserve water and operate more efficiently: Introduction
Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
Quarterly Meeting
Austin, Texas
February 26, 2014
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Gabriele Bonaiti, PhDExtension Program Specialist
Irrigation District Engineering and Assistance Program, IDEA (2009-2012)
Water District Program (2013)
Department of Biological and
Agricultural Engineering (BAEN)
College Station, Texas
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Outline
1) BAEN Extension education priorities
2) Examples of past projects with AgriLife
3) Water District Program definition and initial steps
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1) BAEN priority on GCD
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2) Examples of past projects (IDEA)
I collaborated with:◉ irrigation districts, Municipal utility districts, Water control and
improvement districts (RGBI)◉ river authorities (LCRA)◉ Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Water Resources
(USAID)
I conducted mostly demonstration projects
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Geographic Information System (GIS) support◉ Training◉ Mapping◉ GIS structure recommendations◉ Analysis
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Impact of urbanization
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Rating
Rapid Intervention Program (USAID):
◉ Head and drainage problems
◉ Structures and canals condition and seepage
◉ Irrigation scheduling
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250
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750
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1,100
1,650
Spill
loss
es (
acft
), ra
infa
ll (in
*100
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Irrig
ation
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a (a
cres
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Irrigation
Spill losses
Rainfall
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• Current flows are shown (updated every 15 minutes)
• Critical water levels are highlighted in yellow and red
Database management
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Calibration for flow
y = 1.0197x - 0.513R² = 0.9943
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-10 10 30 50 70
Cal
cula
ted
flow
(cfs
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Measured flow (cfs)
Cq = 0.70
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Modeling crop water requirements
USDA-ARS laboratory, Bushland, TX
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Crop
Soil
Rainfall
Irrigation need
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Definition
◉ Extension education program to help Water Districts conserve water and operate more efficiently
◉ Water Districts: irrigation districts, groundwater districts, river authorities, Municipal utility districts (MUDs), Water control and improvement districts (WCIDs), and Special utility districts (SUDs)
◉ Work with: County Extension Agents and Water District personnel
◉ Objective: define needs and opportunities, develop cooperative projects, offer training and technical assistance
◉ Field of expertise: management of canal systems, irrigation scheduling, hydrological and crop growth modeling, flow metering and monitoring, water quality improvement, Geographic Information System (GIS) and data management, web-based information technologies, water rights
3) Water District Program
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Initial steps◉ GIS training (basic, advanced)
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◉ WebGIS demonstration projects
◉ http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=90a6fc461abd48aba3f1a66f33357f40
◉ Test map (Pineywoods GCD)
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Irrigation District Engineering and Assistance Program (IDEA) website:
http://idea.tamu.edu
Water District Program
http://baen.tamu.edu/faculty/gabriele-bonaiti/
email: [email protected]
For more information: