CANAL

Aberdeen-Springfield Canal is an open-channel irrigation system that became fully operational in 1905. The majority of the system's 190 miles of main canals and laterals are earthen-constructed canals with some underground piping. All but one of the control structures on the system are of concrete construction (the one being wooden). A few selected structures were automated with simple float and micro-switch water level sensors and either hydraulic or gear and stem actuated gates, but beginning in 2001 the Company began installing modern monitoring and control devices (SCADA) and currently nearly all of our primary control structures are fully automated and we have remote monitoring capabilities in several locations.

Primary location: Aberdeen United States