Chapman, Don, authorSmith, Stephen W., authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher2020-06-052020-06-052007-06https://hdl.handle.net/10217/207798Presented at SCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization, II: a USCID water management conference held on June 6-9, 2007 in Denver, Colorado.In northeastern Colorado, water resources are under tremendous pressures brought about by drought conditions experienced over the past seven years. Some mutual irrigation companies and irrigation districts have implemented SCADA as a means of collecting and recording accurate and timely information for water surface levels, canal flows, and recharge structure deliveries throughout the service area. Fortunately, the cost of SCADA implementation is less than it used to be in the past and software, hardware, and communication advances have allowed new installations to be accomplished with low to moderate investments. Hardware and software is increasing in function, decreasing in cost, and becoming much more affordable for these private enterprise situations. SCADA implementation by the Riverside Irrigation District is described in which low-cost RTUs and a satellite uplink is used for communications to keep costs reasonable to the District.born digitalCD-ROMsproceedings (reports)engCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text