Volume 13 Issue 3 March
Introducing Commissioner Touton and Commissioner Giner By Kris Polly This month, we are pleased to bring you an interview with the 24th commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Camille Calimlim Touton. Ms. Touton is from Nevada and is a well-known friend of the western water community. She has many years of experience in the […]
A Conversation With the Bureau of Reclamation’s New Commissioner, Camille Calimlim Touton
Camille Calimlim Touton was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 4, 2021, as the 24th commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. Her experience includes serving as a professional staff member for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee and as the deputy assistant secretary for water and […]
Volume 13 Issue 3 March
The Hard Work of Local Farmers, Small Schemes, and Family Businesses By Kris Polly This month, we are pleased to feature Waimate District Mayor Craig Rowley in our cover story. Water is the lifeblood of this highly agricultural district, and Mayor Rowley gives us a good sense of how national regulations and reform proposals […]
Volume 13 Issue 3 March
Bringing Experience and Understanding to the Legal Field By Kris Polly While this magazine often focuses on central Washington, east of the Cascades, there is also important irrigated agriculture to the west. This month, we speak with Jenna Friebel, the executive director of the Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium, about how her […]
Volume 13 Issue 2 February
130 Years of Family History in the Buckeye Valley By Kris Polly Noel Carter, the general manager of Arizona’s Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District, has a family history in the Buckeye Valley that goes back to the 1890s. Today, the district he leads provides water and drainage services to local farmers and is […]
Anchor Trucking Services: Delivering Heavy Equipment From Coast to Coast
Anchor Trucking Services Inc. delivers heavy off-road equipment and machinery from coast to coast. In this interview, President Jim Crain tells Irrigation Leader about his company’s services and its recent delivery of rehabilitated construction equipment from Evans Equipment of Concordia, Missouri, to Kennewick Irrigation District in central Washington State. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Irrigation Leader: Please tell […]
Training New Voices for Agriculture and Forestry in Washington State
The Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation trains leaders to advocate for policies that support natural resources industries in Washington State. In this interview, interim Executive Director Vicky Scharlau speaks with Irrigation Leader about how the organization’s intensive 18‑month AgForestry Leadership Program transforms participants, who hail from a wide range of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries jobs, […]
How Rob Welke Packages Five Decades of Experience Into One Pumping System Master Class
Rob Welke is an Australian water professional with 50 years of experience split nearly evenly between the municipal and irrigation sectors. Throughout it all, he has focused on energy efficiency, and his experience has led him to look past just the pump to the system as a whole. Through his company, the WATER PUMPING INSTITUTE, […]
Testing a Moleaer Aeration System at Maricopa Orchards
Moleaer has created a novel aeration system that injects water with miniscule bubbles thousands of times smaller than a grain of salt, allowing the water to provide higher levels of oxygen to plants’ roots, to better penetrate soil, and to break apart biofilms and algae within irrigation systems. To see how Moleaer’s solution fits into […]
Innovations in the Pipeline at Krah USA
Krah USA makes large-diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for use in the irrigation, municipal, and hydropower markets. In this interview, co-CEOs Midge Graybeal and Mark Theetge and consultant Marc Thalacker, the manager of an irrigation district in Oregon, tell us about how irrigation districts and other customers are turning to the company’s products for a […]