The Irrigation Mobile Lab is a service that provides on-site evaluations of individual irrigation systems.  Based on these evaluations, a Mobile Lab technician can work with growers to develop irrigation water management plans tailored to their individual needs.  The plans include recommendations to improve system performance, such as developing a maintenance plan, and revising irrigation schedules.  Through this service, growers learn to operate their systems more effectively and save water in the process.

Mobile Irrigation Lab assesses the distribution uniformity of this sprinkler irrigation system in the Salinas Valley.

Student interns working with the RCD’s Mobile Irrigation Lab take in-field flow measurements.

Mobile Irrigation Lab interns measure pump pressure.

An important component of an irrigation evaluation, pictured here, is obtaining field system pressure data.

The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC) has offered the Mobile lab for the past five years with funding from the California Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation. The lab consists of two interns and a supervisor. The RCD also works closely with local Universities and Community Colleges to recruit interns to operate the lab.

Please Note: The RCD’s Mobile Irrigation Lab is suspended until further notice.

• Irrigation Evaluation Brochure
• Evaluación de Riego