Distribution uniformity return on investment tool

About this episode

In this episode, Inge Bisconer and Parry Klassen discuss a tool developed to estimate the return on investment for fixing irrigation systems.

Anyone who has an irrigation system knows that it needs to be maintained for peak performance. Anyone who has an irrigation system also knows that almost everything seems to be more important in the moment than flushing those lines or checking pressures. A distribution uniformity test is a good way to assess the health of your irrigation system, but it isn’t always easy to figure out if the cost of making these fixes, particularly big fixes, will pencil out. CURES got a grant a few years back to develop a tool to estimate the return on investment for making fixes to a system. Inge Bisconer and Parry Klassen share how the tool works and what spurred them to develop it in this week’s episode. Episode transcript The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of California. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only. The "University of California" name and all forms and abbreviations are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service. Follow us on Twitter! @SacOrchards…

People in this episode

Guests: Inge Bisconer, Parry Klassen

Topics covered

• irrigation systems
• distribution uniformity
• return on investment
• system maintenance
• agriculture technology

Keywords

• irrigation
• distribution uniformity test
• ROI tool
• agriculture
• system maintenance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of California, CURES

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