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Modernizing
Irrigation Facilities at Sutter Mutual Water Company - A
Case Study
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ITRC Paper No. |
P 02-004 |
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Web
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http://www.itrc.org/papers/modernsmwc/modernizingsmwc.pdf |
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Length |
18 pages |
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Authors |
Frederick
F. Schantz, Stuart W. Styles, Beau J. Freeman,
Charles M. Burt, and Douglas Stevens
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Presented |
July 9-12, 2002 USCID conference on Energy, Climate,
Environment and Water - Issues and Opportunities for
Irrigation and Drainage. San Luis Obispo, CA. |
Summary
In 1999 Sutter Mutual Water
Company (SMWC) began an effort to modernize its
water-distribution system in an attempt to reduce
operation and maintenance costs and conserve water and
power resources. The effort encompassed two
projects within the company’s service area: (1) the
automation of a pumping plant
with a new VFD pump and SCADA system
and (2) the demonstration of new SCADA-compatible
electronic flow measurement technologies for both canals
and pipelines.
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anticipated, and ultimately realized, benefits of the
modernization effort was a savings to the company due to a
reduction in the amount of water diverted, power consumed
and number of personnel required to operate and maintain
its system.
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