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<br />expensive components, but canal companies can <br />probably repair and adjust much of the equipment <br />themselves. Leon Smith, the watermaster for the system <br />in central Utah, adjusted a radio used in the system, and <br />corrected a problem that had plagued the project for <br />several months. <br /> <br />Perhaps USU's biggest contribution was in developing <br />the operating instructions and the computer software for <br />the system. <br /> <br />Walker says the system is ready for use, and can be . <br />widely applied in irrigation companies in Utah and <br />Idaho. "Three irrigation companies in Utah are now <br />asking for assistance in installing the system. We are <br />developing software so the system can be used to <br />manage water in the Bear River Refuge," Walker says. <br /> <br />KG <br /> <br />Wynn Walker 750-2785 <br /> <br />:::: <br />::n~ <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />:~ . <br />vI' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Watermasters can <br /> <br />monitor the behav- <br /> <br />ior of the canal <br /> <br />every few minutes <br /> <br />and can then send <br /> <br />commands to ad- <br /> <br />justflow.as often <br /> <br />as necessary. <br /> <br /><\ .-- <br />~ -1'F.~:\'f.:i.!- "i~ <br />-' '-.=-~ ~~:': <br />T',rn. . . e:-" ." <br />' Ill; ~'~~~:'.~'T ~ to;;',:: <br />'. I'.... .1:;P:,r .. _" <br />~i'~: :~.~/~ ~;.: I' <br />lrl:,;\ ;:'J."i/I1..~, ".. <br /> <br />.~.'''"'-?,-,:..... <br />. . '_~..\".. '..., ~ - <br />;~':; ~~~ ~~;>'V- '- <br /> <br />-.:~''\,~' <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />WINTER 1993 109 <br />