Development of an Online Irrigation Scheduling Advisory Program

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-02

Federal Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $50,965

Total Funding: $267,206

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Physical

Principal Investigator: English, Marshall

Agreement Technical Representative: Busch, John

Abstract: The project is a cooperative effort involving Oregon State University, NRCS, Wy’East SCD, and USDA to develop an irrigation management advisory program for Oregon irrigators. The project provides decision-support tools for irrigation managers through a web-based package of software that provides irrigation managers with a choice of three alternative levels of detail and sophistication, including: (1) basic irrigation scheduling procedures, (2) extended irrigation scheduling procedures with feedback, error detection and record-keeping options, and (3) advanced techniques for irrigation management when water supplies are seriously limited.