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Saving water with Total Channel Control® in the Macalister Irrigation District, Australia

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dc.contributor.authorByrnes, Paul, author
dc.contributor.authorOakes, Tony, author
dc.contributor.authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T18:19:10Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T18:19:10Z
dc.date.issued2005-10
dc.descriptionPresented at SCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization: a USCID water management conference on October 26-29, 2005 in Vancouver, Washington.
dc.description.abstractSouthern Rural Water is undertaking a major automation project on the Main Northern Channel System in the Macalister Irrigation District, Victoria, Australia. The objectives of the project are to save water by reducing operational losses and to significantly improve customer service. The Victorian State Government is funding the project in exchange for the water savings, which they will use to increase environmental flows in the Macalister River. This paper predominantly looks at the water saving aspect of the project, and focuses on one spur channel, which has the most detailed measurement. Commencing in 2004, the first stage of the two-year project involved a trial of the automation technology (Total Channel Control®) and establishment of a water measurement network at a sub-system level. A water balance study supported the business case to progress to Stage 2 and provides a benchmark to verify the savings achieved by the project. The study's water accounting framework identifies the main components of the water balance. The study provides an opportunity to improve the understanding on how channel losses can vary both spatially and throughout the irrigation season.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumCD-ROMs
dc.format.mediumproceedings (reports)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/207216
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofIrrigation Water Conveyance and Delivery
dc.relation.ispartofSCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization, Vancouver, Washington, October 26-29, 2005
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dc.sourceContained in: SCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization, Vancouver, Washington, October 26-29, 2005, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/46525
dc.titleSaving water with Total Channel Control® in the Macalister Irrigation District, Australia
dc.title.alternativeSCADA and related technologies
dc.title.alternativeMacalister Irrigation District, Australia
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