irrigation mobile lab
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Irrigation Mobile Lab . Yolo, Solano, & Colusa County Resource Conservation Districts. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Irrigation Mobile Lab
Yolo, Solano, & Colusa County Resource Conservation
DistrictsThe Yolo Resource Conservation District (RCD) is a farmer-led special district working with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to support local landowners’ efforts to sustain local agricultural & natural resources. The Yolo RCD promotes stewardship by demonstrating conservation practices through cooperative land users, educating the public in resource conservation & enhancement, and providing technical expertise.
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What is the Mobile Water Lab?Free service offered by the Yolo RCDIncludes:Irrigation EvaluationsOptional Source Water Quality TestingRecommendation on Irrigation
ManagementWater Quality Management Practices
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Application Efficiency and Distribution Uniformity
• Deprive portions of the crop of needed water
• Over-irrigate portions of the field
A Non-Uniform Distribution can:
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Irrigation Evaluations provide:• Analysis of the system distribution uniformity
(defined as a measure of the uniformity with which irrigation water is distributed to different areas in a field)
• Determination of application rates• Qualitative observations of clogging and emitter
wear• System map of pressure and flow measurements• Suggestions for system improvements and
maintenance
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District Programs multi-benefit/water quality
•Water Use Efficiency (WUE) – funding for irrigation evaluations (through Mobile Water Lab) – 10 more
•NRCS – AWEP (Ag Water Enhancement Program), greater water quality emphasis in 2010, many practices:
•Pipelines, drip, vegetated systems, sediment traps, etc.
•CARCD – AWEP: many central valley counties•Glenn, Colusa, Yolo, Solano, Sutter, San J, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern•Water Use Efficiency vs benchmark 25.5 A-inches•Tomato, tracking/documenting yield & solids
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District Programs (cont.)multi-benefit/water quality
•Yolo-Solano Conservation Partnerships on working lands: •Ditch vegetation (with/for irrigation districts)•Riparian buffers/reveg – filtering irrigation/storm runoff
•Cache Creek Geomorphic Assessment & Local Youth Stream Monitoring
•Capay Valley Riparian Vegetation Management
•Yolo County Weed Management Area (with Yolo Ag Dept)
•Yolo-Solano Ag Water Quality Support Program•Grant closed, some money for practices went unused.
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Conservation Planning and Farmland Protection
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• Watershed analysis, • Support for landowner groups• Permit coordination• Safe Harbor agreement
Watershed Coordination, Planning, Implementation
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Restoration and Revegetation
• Invasive weed control• Land management• Conservation projects• Native, beneficial insect, wildlife habitat• Bioengineering
Photo credit: Joe DiTomaso
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Education and Outreach
• Annual workshop series• Special events and tours• School programs
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2010 Strategic Plan Priorities• Water Resources• Farmland Protection and Agricultural
Sustainability• Soil Erosion• Air Quality• Energy Efficiency and Conservation• Habitat Protection and Restoration• Education and Outreach • District Operations
Geographic priorities: Headwaters, prime farmland and rural/urban interface,
alluvial soil areas and riparian areas.
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Contact
Heather Nichols-CrowellYolo Resource Conservation District
530-662-2037 ext [email protected]