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Irrigation District School of Irrigation

 

Flow Measurement: January 8-10, 2025 (ITRC)

February 18-20, 2025 (Chico)

February 26-28, 2025 (ITRC) Full for 2025
Pumps: February 5-7, 2025
SCADA: The SCADA class is full for 2025.

Please call (805) 756-2434 or email clnorris@calpoly.edu to be added to waitlists.

 

 

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Payment must be received prior to the first day of the course. ITRC does not accept credit card payments via fax; to pay using a credit card, please register online or call (805) 756-2434

 

Eligibility

This class is sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region. Priority registration is given to staff members of districts within the California-Great Basin Region. Other participants will be permitted only as space allows. If you work outside of the CGB region, please contact our office to be placed on a waitlist.

 

Course Descriptions

All fees include class materials and software.

 

Flow Measurement

Fee: $150

This three-day course is a series of training and educational opportunities for staff, field operators, engineers, and board members of agricultural irrigation/water districts. The classes held in San Luis Obispo utilize the excellent indoor and outdoor facilities at ITRC. Annual flow measurement and canal operations training is also offered for operators in the Chico area in cooperation with CSU Chico (Click here for details about the Chico training). The course includes the following topics:

 

SCADA - full for 2025

Fee: $250

This course (go to class page to register) provides an overview of Supervisory Data and Acquisition (SCADA) systems, starting with electric and electronic fundamentals and moving on to typical technician roles and responsibilities. Learn about and practice:

 

Pumps (Winter)

Fee: $150

Types of rotating pumps, pump terms, pump curves, pumps in series and parallel, system curves, TDH computations for vertical and booster pumps, efficiency, WHP, BHP, input HP, pump selection from catalogs, trimming impellers, answers to common pump questions.Net positive suction head, submersible pumps, well screens, shaft losses, shaft sizing, maintenance and troubleshooting, variable frequency drive (VFD) basics, retrofitting VFDs on existing motors, affinity laws for variable speed operation, how to estimate savings from VFDs, hands-on VFD application, power factor correction, inlet and sump design. This class is also offered every summer as part of our Designer/Manager series.  Click here for more information.