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c o L o Colorado Water
<br /> Conservation Board
<br /> Last Updated: June 2020
<br /> This proposed project strongly supports Colorado's aim for collaboration (Section 9.4, pp 9-43 to 9-44).
<br /> The IIC is by definition a collaboration enterprise, a consortium, led by CSU, of five regional land-grant
<br /> universities and other partners including industry, water districts, NGOs and others. The IIC is situated
<br /> under CSU's Soil and Crop Sciences Department and includes direct participation from other
<br /> departments such as Civil Engineering,with engagement of the School of Business, Office of
<br /> Sponsored Research, CSU Foundation, CSU Research Foundation, the Water Center, and others.
<br /> Outside of CSU, the IIC has committed sponsorships from local, regional and national partners who
<br /> have provided donations in the form of cash, services and equipment. For example, Northern Water is
<br /> a founding member of the IIC, contributing cash and supporting an on-going, key research project
<br /> evaluating 12 landscape irrigation controllers. Rubicon Water, based in Fort Collins, is supporting IIC
<br /> with canal and ditch upgrades that will substantially improve conveyance efficiency and control. Aqua
<br /> Engineering, based in Fort Collins, is supporting the IIC with cash donations and with professional
<br /> engineering designs for IIC irrigation infrastructure improvements.
<br /> The most immediate and direct impact of this project on CWP's goals will be by improving irrigation
<br /> conservation and efficiency with industry-partnered applied research and adaption; for example, by
<br /> extensive research on using remote sensing, soil moisture sensors, and other integrated technologies
<br /> for reducing crop evapotranspiration and for improving efficiencies using the full range of irrigation
<br /> technologies. Also, the IIC is implementing a broad outreach and education campaign that will ensure
<br /> the water efficiency ethic is promoted throughout Colorado, and the U.S., with webinars, conferences,
<br /> interviews with researchers and practitioners, educational materials and other communications.
<br /> Related Studies
<br /> Please provide a list of any related studies, including if the water project is complementary to
<br /> or assists in the implementation of other CWCB programs.
<br /> 2016-2017: Colorado Irrigation Center Design and Concept Development, PI: Jose L.
<br /> Chavez, co-Pls Dr. Reagan Waskom and Dr. Stephen W. Smith, funded by
<br /> CWCB, 2017.
<br /> 2013-2015; Implementation of Deficit Irrigation Regimes: Demonstration and Outreach; PI
<br /> Dr. Jose L. Chavez; Colorado Water Conservation Board, Alternative Agricultural
<br /> Water Transfer Methods Competitive Grant Program.
<br /> 2019-2020: Satellite and UAS Imagery Use to Implement Timely Irrigation Strategies, PI:
<br /> Jose L. Chavez, Collaborators: Huihui Zhang (USDA), Daran Rudnick (UNL), Joel
<br /> Schneekloth (CSU), Jonathan Aguilar(Kansas State), Juan Enciso (Texas A&M),
<br /> and Florence Cassel (CA State), Sponsor: FFAR- Irrigation Innovation
<br /> Consortium.
<br /> 2018-2019: Assessing Temporal and Spatial Crop Water Consumptive Use with
<br /> Unmanned Aerial Systems, PI: Jose L. Chavez, Collaborators: Huihui Zhang,
<br /> Daran Rudnick; Sponsor: CWCB through CWI.
<br /> 2015-2019: Monitoring alfalfa and grass water use under deficit irrigation using a spatially
<br /> distributed temperature model. PI: J.L. Chavez, Co-PI: K. Venayagamoorthy and
<br /> Perry Cabot, Sponsor: USDA NRCS (CO AES).
<br /> 2014-2015: Developing an Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing of ET System, PI: Sponsor:
<br /> Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)through CWI.
<br /> 2012-2015: Reference evapotranspiration determination using the recursive method and
<br /> surface aerodynamic temperature. USDA-CSREES and Colorado Agricultural
<br /> Experiment Station. PI: Jose L. Chavez, coPI: Allan Andales.
<br /> CWP Grant Application 7
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