Ongoing Urban Irrigation & Water Management Projects at UCR

Amir HaghverdiAssistant CE SpecialistDepartment of Environmental Sciences, UCR

Community Views and Actions to Sustain Water Resources in California

ETAF (PF/IE): 0.55 residential areas IE:0.75 PF: 0.55*0.75 = 0.410.45 for non residential areas IE:0.75 PF:0.45*0.75=0.34

Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance

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Water conservation & deficit irrigation strategies Technology implementation: smart irrigation controllers Alternative water resources: recycled water Plant factor based irrigation management

Smart Urban Irrigation Management

Toro, Irrometer, Weathermatic, Acclima, …

200 + research plots

UCR AES, UCANR KARE, UCANR SCREC

Multiple turfgrass species

Recycled water versus potable water

Smart Urban Irrigation Management

Soil moisture based smart controllers

ET based smart controllers

Wireless sensing

Cloud-based irrigation management

Smart phone apps

Smart Urban Irrigation Management

Cellphone attached thermal imaging

Handheld NDVI mapping

Drones

Satellite imagery

Smart phone apps

Urban Irrigation using Recycled water

1.0 Plant Factor

Salinity management & adequate leaching

Plant selection

Crop coefficients for landscape species

Turfgrass

WUCOLS

150+ research plots

Crop coefficients, stress factor

Water balance & energy balance

Urban Irrigation Management Workshop

Hands-on training

Tour of research plots

Presentations by experts

Research Team: Alirezza Pourreza:

Assistant CE Specialist of Agricultural Mechanization at UCDDarren Haver:

Water Resources Advisor and Director SCREC and UCCE Orange CountyDonald Merhaut:

Associate CE Specialist for Ornamental and Floriculture Crops UCRJanet Hartin:

Environmental Horticulture Advisor, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles CountiesLaosheng Wu:

Professor of Soil Physics and CE Water Management Specialist UCRLaurent Ahiablame:

Hydrologist/Water Quality & Mgt Advisor UCCE San Diego CountyMaggie Reiter:

Environmental Horticulture Advisor, UCCE Fresno County Advisor

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