DARCA and Colorado State University are Working Together
Thursday, 24 July 2008
DARCA is collaborating with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University on the Spreadsheet Tools to Enhance Water Management by Ditch and Reservoir Companies Project. Professor Darrell Fontane at CSU was awarded funds for the project from the Agricultural Research Station to develop at least three generic spreadsheets to address the needs of mutual ditch and reservoir companies in Colorado. These spreadsheets will allow ditch and reservoir companies to better manage the water they deliver to irrigated agriculture.
DARCA is assisting in surveying the needs of water managers, providing insights on design of the spreadsheets, testing the developed products, and helping to disseminate the developed spreadsheets. These DARCA spreadsheets will be discussed and presented during the two-day spreadsheet class on March 19-20, 2009. Once the spreadsheet development and testing is completed, documentation and training material will be produced. This documentation will include written training material and tutorial videos (made with Camtasia screen recording software) appropriate for distribution via websites.
Please be a part of this effort by contacting DARCA with your thoughts on what set of generic spreadsheets would address major needs that could assist all the ditch companies and especially the smaller companies with more limited resources. Dr. Fontane can be reached at (970) 491-5248 or at
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