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Government Highline Canal Automation

	Date: Ongoing  Location: Grand Junction, Colorado  Sponsors: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region  Reports Available:  ITRC Report No. R 03-009

 

Highlights

A 50-mile canal in Grand Junction, Colo., operated by the Grand Valley Water Users Assoc., has been modernized according to ITRC recommendations. An extensive engineering study involved placement of new gates, modeling the canal, designing of reservoir sites, a new SCADA system, etc. Close coordination was required with the GVWUA and local USBR office, along with other subcontractors (USBR technical office and Iowa Inst. of Hyd. Res.).