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District
Analysis Reports 
Water
Loss Tests
Water
Loss Test Results: Pipeline Units I-19/I-18, I-7A, and I-22,
Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, June 2007.
Water
Loss Test Results: Main 'J' Canal, Delta Lake
Irrigation District, January 2007.
Water
Loss Test Results: West Main Pipeline, United Irrigation
District of Hidalgo County, 2007.
Pipeline
Diagram
Water
Loss Test Results: West Main Canal, United Irrigation
District of Hidalgo County, April 2006.
Water
Loss Test Results for Lateral A, Before and After
Lining, Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2,
Feb. 2006.
Seepage
and Total Losses of North Alamo Main Canal, Hidalgo
County Irrigation District No. 2, Feb. 2004.
Seepage
Loss Test Results, Valley Municipal Utility District
No.2, Jan. 2004.
Seepage
and Total Loss Test Results, Donna Irrigation District,
Mar. 2004.
Seepage
Loss Test Results, Maverick County Water Control
and Improvement District No. 1, Mar. 2004.
Seepage
and Total Losses, Hidalgo County Irrigation District
No. 16, Feb. 2004.
Seepage
Loss Test Results, Brownsville Irrigation District,
Oct. 2003.
Seepage
Loss Test Results, Cameron County Irrigation District
No. 3, La Feria, May 2003.
Measured
Water Losses of Lateral A, Hidalgo County Irrigation
District No. 2, Apr. 2003.
Seepage
Loss Test Results In Cameron County Irrigation District
No 2, San Benito, Dec. 2002.
Flow
Measurement Assessment
Flow
Measurement for Rehabilitation Planning, Nov. 2002.
Farm
Turnout Flow Recommendations for New Outlets in Cameron
County Irrigation District No 2, Dec. 2002.
Infrastructure
Assessment
Landsat Satellite Multi-Spectral Image Classification of Land Cover Change for GIS-Based Urbanization Analysis in Irrigation District: Evaluation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Aug. 2006.
Demonstration
of the Rapid Assessment Tool (RAT): Harlingen Irrigation
District, Jan. 2003.
Demonstration
of the Rapid Assessment Tool (RAT): Hidalgo County Irrigation
District No 1, Feb. 2003.
Flow
Measurment Structure Assessment: Richmond Irrigation District,
June 2003.
Thermal
Imaging of Canals for Remote Detection of Leaks: Evaluation
in the United Irrigation District, Dec. 2002.
Databases
Irrigation
District Database Analysis, Nov. 2002.
Upgrading
Existing Databases Recommendations for Irrigation Districts,
Sept. 2004.
Characterization
of Conveyance Losses in Irrigation Distribution Networks
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas January 12, 2000;
Dr. Guy Fipps; Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the
Interior.
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Regional
Water Planning
Potential
Water Savings from Improvements in Irrigation District Through
and On-farm Irrigation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texas, Dec. 18, 1998. 
Potential
Water Savings in Irrigated Agriculture for the Rio Grande
Planning Region (Region M), Dec. 22, 2000.
2005
Region M Update 
Municipal
Water Supply Network of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Feb
5, 2004. 
Appendix 
MSN
Map 
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Professional
Papers 
Airborne
Multispectral Remote Sensing Imaging for Detecting Irrigation
Canal Leaks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Yanbo Huang
and Dr. Guy Fipps, Stephan Maas, Reginald Fletcher; 20th
Bicentennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography,
and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment;
Weslaco, Texas; October 4-6, 2005.
Use
of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Defining Municipal
Water Supply Networks, Eric Leigh and Dr. Guy Fipps; Presented
at the Third International Conference on Irrigation and
Drainage, Water District Management and Governance, U.S.
Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, San Diego, March 2005.
Implementation
of a District Management System in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of Texas, June 3-6, 1998; Dr. Guy Fipps and Craig
Pope; Presented at the 14th Technical Conference on Contemporary
Challenges in Irrigation and Drainage, U.S. Committee on
Irrigation and Drainage, Phoenix.
Irrigation
District Efficiencies and Potential Water Savings in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, ASCE Paper, Seattle, May
1999.
GIS-Based
Management System for Irrigation Districts, June 2000; Dr.
Guy Fipps and Eric Leigh; Implementation of a District Management
System in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Proceedings
of the 14 th Technical Conference - 1998. US Committee on
Irrigation and Drainage, Ft. Collins.
Irrigation
Issues and Approaches to Coupling GIS to an Irriagation
Distribution Network and Seepage Loss Model, May 2003; Dr.
Guy Fipps, David Flahive; Milton Henry; and Yanbo Huang,
Introduction
to the Workshop on GIS in Irrigation Projected, conducted
at the USCID Second International Conference, Phoenix.
Proceedings
of the Workshop on GIS in Irrigation Projects, May 13, 2003;
Dr. Guy Fipps and Eric Leigh; Introduction to the Workshop
on GIS in Irrigation Projected, conducted at the USCID Second
International Conference, Phoenix.
Modeling
Flows in Irrigation Distribution Networks - Model Description
and Prototype, July 2003; Dr. Guy Fipps, Yanbo Huang; Written
for presentation at the 2003 ASAE Annual International Meeting,
Las Vegas, NV.
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Presentations
Analysis
of the Municipal Water Supply Networkin the Lower Rio Grande
Valley PowerPoint
Prepared for the Region M Water Planning Group November
19, 2003 McAllen, Texas
Irrigation
Issues and Approaches to Coupling GIS to an Irrigation Distribution
Network and Seepage Loss Model. 
Region
M Committee Briefing Powerpoint. 
Overview
of the District Management System (DMS). 
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Posters 
2008
Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM
Spill
Site Assessment
Aquatic
Vegetation Study: Impacts on the Flow Capacity in Canals
Gate
Automation & Telemetry
Texas
Legislative Districts and the Irrigation Districts of the
Rio Grande River Basin Map Series
2007
Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Annual Conference, South Padre Island, TX
Irrigation
District Engineering and Technical Assistance.
United
Irrigation District Gate Automation & Telemetry Project.
2006
Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Annual Conference, Ruidoso, NM
Applications
of Remote Sensing Technology for Irrigation System Analysis.
Delta
Lake Irrigation District Canal Automation.
2004
Emerging
Technologies for Irrigation District Management and Rehabilitation
Planning.
Rio
Grande Basin Initiative Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM
GIS
Based Mapping for Irrigation Districts.
Development
of the Rapid Assessment Tool (RAT) for Evaluating Irrigation
Network Performances.
Irrigation
District Engineering and Technical Assistance.
Irrigation
Distribution Network Modeling for the Lower Rio Grande Valley
of Texas.
2003
GIS
as a Mapping Tool.
District
Management System Program.
GIS
as a Planning Tool.
GIS
and Database Integration.
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assistance for the Irrigation Technology Center is executed through a federal
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Water Resources Institute of the Texas A&M University System, Cooperative
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