Automated Irrigation Water Distribution System
Project number:
21100
Sponsor:
Bard Water District
Academic year:
2020-2021
Project Goal: Automate the irrigation water distribution system used across 14,000 acres of agricultural land in Southern California.
To help prevent hazards and losses, this project developed an interactive website to depict and monitor the Yuma water area owned by Bard Water District.
After conducting trade studies of interactive exhibits, the team selected a remote terminal unit, or RTU, as the microprocessor. The configuration integrates simple, easy-to-use, RTU-compiling software. A position sensor and water-level sensor measure and predict gate position and cubic feet per second, or CFS, flow.
In real time, the microprocessor retrieves the output signal generated from the position and water level sensors at each of 10 gates and sends the information to a database. The resulting website enables designated Bard Water users to interact directly with the display. They can edit the amount of CFS at any gate as well as monitor gate position, on-off signal status, and open or closed gate status.
To help prevent hazards and losses, this project developed an interactive website to depict and monitor the Yuma water area owned by Bard Water District.
After conducting trade studies of interactive exhibits, the team selected a remote terminal unit, or RTU, as the microprocessor. The configuration integrates simple, easy-to-use, RTU-compiling software. A position sensor and water-level sensor measure and predict gate position and cubic feet per second, or CFS, flow.
In real time, the microprocessor retrieves the output signal generated from the position and water level sensors at each of 10 gates and sends the information to a database. The resulting website enables designated Bard Water users to interact directly with the display. They can edit the amount of CFS at any gate as well as monitor gate position, on-off signal status, and open or closed gate status.
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