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Lords Lake About Water Use Efficiency

  • Provides expertise to local agencies and individuals regarding agricultural and urban water and energy conservation, reclamation and reuse of water, land and water use, and drainage management.

  • Manages the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS), which collects data from over 140 automated weather stations throughout the State. CIMIS provides reference evapotranspiration (ETo) and weather data to the public for irrigation scheduling and other purposes such as water balance analyses, pest management, energy generation, fire fighting, weather forecasting, and scientific research.

  • Assists in establishing mobile laboratories that conduct irrigation system evaluations.

  • Carries out data analysis, demonstration projects, and research to achieve energy and water use efficiency.

  • Provides loans and grants to make more efficient use of water and energy resources.