Plan Development and Implementation
Plan Development: Irrigation project water conservation studies are completed to determine the feasibility, financial, and environmental impact of water conservation measures.Plan Implementation: Guidance and training are provided to water districts and farmers in the implementation of water conservation programs for environmental, power, or drought management purposes.
Relevant experience
- Directed a team charged with verifying the water savings of a $125 million conservation program designed to conserve 106,000 acre-feet of water established under the 1988 Imperial Irrigation District (IDD)/Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) Conservation Agreement.
- Co-led a detailed analysis of the on-farm and system conservation plans recommended as part of the Efficiency Conservation Plan for the IID. In conjunction with Davids Engineering and the Cal Poly Irrigation and Training Research Center (ITRC) delivery system conservation measures were developed.
- Initiated review of groundwater and surface water model use for the Rattlesnake Basin in South Central Kansas. KB assisted in developing a voluntary water conservation program with farmers, the groundwater management district, state, and federal agencies to sustain irrigated agriculture and protect environmental water demands for the Water Protection Association of Central Kansas (WaterPACK).
Monitoring of water use, verification, and certification of water conservation to entities involved in water conservation programs.
Plan Development and Implementation
Relevant Experience
- Acted as chair of the Conservation Verification Consultants for the IID/MWD Irrigation Water Conservation Agreement, which verified projected water conservation savings of 109,640 acre-feet annually.
- Initiated development of the Sunnyside Main Canal Operation Model to optimize canal storage and reduce operational spillage in order to reduce diversions, which impact salmon migration, from the Yakima River for the Sunnyside Irrigation District in Sunnyside, Washington.
- Design guidance and review for the Imperial Irrigation District Seepage Recovery System, a key element of the Efficiency Conservation Definite Plan designed to recover up to 40,000 acre-feet of canal seepage annually.
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