irrigation district News
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WISKI Overview Video - Released
KISTERS is excited to announce the release of a new High Definition (HD) video on its YouTube channel KistersNA. The new video entitled "WISKI Overview" gives viewers a glimpse at the many applications of WISKI in the world of Hydrology. Our clients were eager to participate in the video and provided us with valuable insight and taped testimonials which are highlighted in the video. We wish to ...
By KISTERS
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California judge says she`ll likely uphold farmer water cuts
California's demand for lower agricultural water use during the drought will likely survive a legal challenge, a judge indicated Thursday. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang said during a hearing that she believes the state's revised approach to warning farmers of insufficient supplies is legal. She previously ruled that other notices were improper. At issue are thousands of ...
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$500,000 Available to Farmers in the South San Joaquin Irrigation District
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is providing funds to improve the efficiency of agricultural water use in the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID), Division Nine Irrigation Enhancement Project Area. The deadline to submit an application for assistance is April 29, 2013. "We are proud to offer landowners in this irrigation district additional ...
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Turlock Irrigation District of California Selects OSI Technology for a New Energy Management System
Open Systems International (OSI) has been selected by Turlock Irrigation District (TID) to supply a new advanced Energy Management System (EMS) based on OSI's monarch™ operational technology (OT) platform. This will replace TID's legacy Siemens EMS, providing the utility with a flexible platform to fully modernize and streamline their transmission network as they prepare to enter the California ...
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Irrigation district to clean water in milestone settlement
The federal government has settled a decades-old lawsuit with the nation's largest irrigation district, which has agreed in a tentative deal to clean up contaminated water in California's fertile Central Valley. Westlands Water District will clean up water tainted by salt that has accumulated in soil from years of irrigation, general manager Thomas Birmingham said Tuesday. Federal officials have ...
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Australian funds flow for irrigation projects
Grants totalling $4.6 million have been awarded to 14 irrigation water providers to develop modernisation plans for reducing water loss in the water infrastructure that they own and operate. Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong said: “The purpose of the grants is to help these water providers identify and consider the range of options available to them to modernise their ...
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Funding Available to Farmers to Improve Irrigation Water Efficiency
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California, in partnership with DOI's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), is providing funds to improve the efficiency of agricultural water use in five select locations throughout California. This partnership combines rural infrastructure upgrades with on-farm conservation enhancements. The deadline to submit an application for ...
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K Road And SunPower Complete 25-Megawatt McHenry Solar Plant For Modesto Irrigation District
Modesto Irrigation District (MID), K Road Power Holdings, LLC (K Road) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced today the completion of K Road's 25-megawatt (AC) McHenry Solar Plant in Modesto, Calif., which was designed and constructed by SunPower. The project created nearly 150 construction jobs, and is generating the equivalent amount of power for approximately 6,000 homes. "The McHenry ...
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AUS$2m fast-tracked for healthy headwaters program
Funding will be accelerated for irrigation planning and infrastructure in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, and Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Water, Craig Wallace announced today. A sum of $2 million has been fast-tracked for activities relating to Queensland's Priority Project, the Healthy HeadWaters Program, ...
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