INNOVATION The next 40 years


Having just looked at where CIT has been, you might be wondering where CIT is going. First and foremost, CIT will continue doing what it has always done: advancing water/energy management practices and efficient irrigation technology. We will continue serving as an independent third- party testing service for the irrigation industry. We will continue to conduct applied research and education at Fresno State and throughout California and to support entrepreneurs in California. In addition to all those things, CIT has a new focus that will expand over the coming years.


Automation and remote control are becoming commonplace in irrigation


systems. Pivots have had this functionality for decades, and now automation is seeing increasing adoption in drip and microsprinkler systems. Virtually every sensor for soil moisture, crop water status and weather stations has some sort of telemetry option. Having both sensing and actuation fully remote controlled opens up system integration opportunities that were not easy previously.


One important opportunity for innovation is irrigation management. Management has always been the biggest determinant of irrigation efficiency, and irrigation scheduling has a substantial positive impact on water use efficiency in both agriculture and landscape irrigation. But, actually doing irrigation scheduling has been difficult. Collecting, transforming and using the data to support scheduling has been burdensome and was a strong disincentive to adoption.


Over the past several years, manufacturers have released irrigation system control software that includes irrigation scheduling as a feature of the


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The Irrigation Association and CIT have a long-standing history.


The Irrigation Association Person of the Year


Winston Strong, EdD ........1974 Kenneth Solomon, PhD, PE ... 1990 Edward Norum, PE ......... 2004 David Zoldoske, EdD, CID .... 2013


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