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. 

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

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.

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). 

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.

Emerging Technologies for Irrigation District Management and Rehabilitation Planning.

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.

GIS as a Mapping Tool.

District Management System Program.

GIS as a Planning Tool.

GIS and Database Integration.