Tom Davis: Yuma County Water Users’ Association
Years working in irrigation: 33 Years as manager: 33 Number of employees: 69 Size of service area in acres: 50,000 Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 365,000 Main crops irrigated: Cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, bok choy, kale, celery, desert durum wheat, dates, melons, cotton Predominant irrigation methods: Sprinkler, furrow, flat surface, drip […]
Devin Brundage: Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District
Years working in irrigation: 28 Years as manager: 1 Number of employees: around 100 Size of service area in acres: 107,849 Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 150,000 Main crops irrigated: Corn, soybeans Predominant irrigation methods: Center pivot, gravity [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Irrigation Leader: What is the top issue facing your irrigation […]
Mike Britton North Unit Irrigation District
Years working in irrigation: 16 Years as manager: 14½ Number of employees: 28 Size of service area: 58,880 acres Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 200,000 Main crops irrigated: Hay, seed crops, carrot seed, grass seed, onion, garlic Predominant irrigation methods: Sprinkler (hand lines, wheel lines, linear, center pivot), drip [siteorigin_widget […]
Lori Brady: Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District
Years working in irrigation: 30 years Years as manager: 3½ years Number of employees: 75 Size of service area in acres: 94,614 acres Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 378,274 acre-feet Main crops irrigated: Row crops, hops, grapes, tree fruit Predominant irrigation methods: Sprinkler [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Irrigation Leader: What is the […]
Brian Betcher: Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District
Years working in irrigation: 31 Years as manager: 11 Number of employees: 42 Size of service area in acres: 70,000 Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 260,000–270,000 Main crops irrigated: Alfalfa, cotton, corn silage, feed grains, melons Predominant irrigation methods: Level basin with ports, subsurface drip, center-pivot sprinkler [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Irrigation […]
Allison Britain, Inaugural Recipient of the Women in Water Scholarship
The newly established Women in Water Scholarship Fund aims to encourage young women to pursue careers in the water industry. It extends an annual scholarship of $5,000 to a young woman studying for a career in any field of water resources. In this interview, Allison Britain, the inaugural recipient of the Women in Water scholarship, […]
Improving Fish Passage With the Flexi Baffle
Efforts to improve fish passage in ecosystems like the Yakima River basin typically focus on large dams that block fish in a particularly obvious way. However, thousands of culverts in the small tributaries that feed a river system can block salmon and other fish from their spawning grounds, too. One solution for this problem is […]
Developing Weed-Resistant Concrete
Any irrigation district with open canals has to deal with weeds, algae, and moss. Removing these obstacles to water flow can be expensive, time-consuming, and environmentally hazardous. This is the problem that Craig Gyselinck, environmental assistant manager at Washington’s Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District, is seeking to solve with his research into weed-resistant concrete. In this […]
Whooshh’s Innovative Fish Passage Solution—Save Water, Save Fish
Fish passage requirements can pose a challenge to dam owners and operators, including irrigation districts. Traditional fish passage installations like fish ladders can require a significant amount of time and money to install. To solve this problem, Whooshh Innovations has created a portable, modular, and technologically advanced fish passage system that accelerates fish through a […]
Cory Wright: Ensuring Water for Kittitas County
Kittitas County in central Washington contains many of the headwaters of the Yakima River, as well as three of the basin’s five major water storage facilities. As in the rest of the basin, Kittitas County’s main water issues relate to providing sufficient water for crops, people, and fish. By promoting water marketing, funding water storage […]