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SUMMARY <br />SPDC and participating partners have been able to develop a framework for a system that <br />can significantly improve capabilities to manage and more efficiently use irrigation water <br />supplies. The CWCB grant has enabled participants to develop a system that addresses <br />issues unique to their needs and the regulatory environment in which eastern Colorado <br />irrigation districts operate. <br />One aspect that may have been less than fully appreciated by project participants at the <br />outset is the amount of time that a project of this nature might require. Some of this can <br />be attributed to the versatility of the radio /control devices being utilized. As CDI founder <br />Jim Conley has jokingly stated to project participants on multiple occasions, <br />"Unfortunately, there isn't very much you can't make this equipment do." As the <br />equipment capabilities become more fully appreciated, it is difficult to resist trying to <br />incorporate additional tasks. Much time gets tied up developing and field testing <br />programs that will "do more things ". As the programs being developed become more <br />complex, the debugging process seems to become exponentially more time consuming. <br />As a result of this co- operative project all of the equipment configurations and <br />programming that have been developed as part of this project will be readily transferable <br />to other projects. To wit, flow monitoring and gate control algorithms utilized on this <br />project are being utilized by Reclamation and others on irrigation systems distributed <br />over several western US states. The project will be continually updated and revised as <br />long as creative minds are looking for better ways to do things. Each accomplishment <br />seems to open up a myriad of previously unconsidered possibilities. <br />19 <br />