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Figure 10. Extended Communications Network Radio Pathway CURRENT PROJECT STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS The three year project term defined in the CWCB grant contract ran through April, 2010. As of January 2010, approximately half the funding made available by CWCB had not been spent. As per agreements made at the project outset, there has been some modification of project tasks by mutual agreement of project participants and CWCB staff. The large remaining portion of unspent funds is due in part to some lower than budgeted equipment costs, along with utilization of surplus solar charging equipment made available by Reclamation. In addition, the project has fallen behind schedule on various tasks, as labor requirements that represent in -kind contributions by participants have exceeded estimated time needed. As the project progressed we soon realized it would be practical to standardize all the field sites using the same equipment as much as possible. This would allow the Company to use the same equipment on a surface site, a groundwater site, and a flow control site thus reducing the amount of inventory needed in case of an equipment malfunction. We quickly realized this standardization would represent a considerable saving in time and effort. It also greatly reduced the training needed for Ditch Company personnel. The Project is also cooperating with the Bureau of Reclamation in a level sensor demonstration, the end product will include a performance database. In early 2010, CWCB granted the project a two year extension. Among remaining tasks is installation of a CDI radio /control unit at the SPDC river diversion. This unit would be linked to a pneumatically operated overshot gate on the river dam and to a similar gate in the canal mouth. SPDC plans to use gate- measured flow passing the spill structure as feedback for automated or remotely operated adjustments of the river diversion structure. 17