2017 award winners
Industry Achievement Award
The new product contest is always one of the most popular areas on the Irrigation Show floor, and this year’s selection did not disappoint. Fifty-one new products and technologies were entered in four categories. Products were evaluated based on innovation, design quality, increased water/resource-use efficiency, ease of use and product life expectancy. Contest judges were experienced professionals with technical knowledge and industry expertise.
The following winners were announced Thursday, Nov. 9, during the IA general session.
Agriculture irrigation HIT Products Corporation | Riser Manifold and Filter
Manufactured in the United States, this product is a one-unit design to replace the multiple fittings now required to assemble and attach drip lines to the riser. The product is designed to save labor, fittings and energy.
Agriculture specialty Davis Instruments | EnviroMonitor
A field-monitoring platform that is compatible with third-party sensors, the EnviroMonitor allows access to real-time field conditions providing users the data to make decisions to optimize crop inputs.
Landscape irrigation Hunter Industries | ACC2 Controller
The ACC2 Controller is a full-featured advanced commercial irrigation controller that can manage up to 54 stations, six flow sensors and six master valves to maximize watering in the shortest time at safe velocities and at user-specified target rates of flow.
Landscape lighting FX Luminaire | LP Underwater Puck Light
Designed for small spaces, this integrated LED underwater light fixture adds a unique architectural element to any water feature.
Clarence Prestwich, PE, CAIS, CID Clarence Prestwich, PE, CAIS, CID, got an early introduction to the irrigation industry. Moving sprinkler pipes for farmers in northeast Utah was one of his first jobs. When center pivots were introduced to the area, he helped assemble one of the first ones.
“This whet my appetite for irrigation,” Prestwich said.
He earned both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in agricultural and irrigation engineering from Utah State University and began his career with what was known as the Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service) as an irrigation engineer. He has been with the agency for 34 years assisting landowners in design, installation and management of irrigation systems.
“He is a wealth of practical experience in irrigation and has held a variety of jobs within the NRCS,” said Peter Robinson, PE, water management engineer at the NRCS. “It is common to find an old irrigation document or method still in use that was developed by Clarence as a younger man.”
Prestwich has developed many of NRCS’ irrigation technology manuals, including chapters in the National Engineering Handbook regarding irrigation pumping plants, microirrigation systems and sprinkler irrigation systems.
Prestwich is an IA-certified instructor and has served on several IA committees. He considers his greatest achievement while working in the irrigation industry to be the educating of his peers in good irrigation design and management to help conserve our limited water resource.
When receiving his award at the Irrigation Show, Prestwich said that his goal is to get a picture of a center pivot in every state before he retires ... and he only has six more to go.
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