Colorado Cattlemen's Association
158th Annual Convention
Steamboat Grand, Steamboat Springs, CO
Water Committee Meeting, Monday, June 23rd, 2025
8:00 to 10:00 am
Presenter:
Ryan Bailey, PhD, Professor, CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Topic:
Flood Irrigation and Stream Recharge - Hydrologic Study Results in the White River Basin
Topics that will be covered by Professor Bailey:
- Why and how was the study conducted?
- What model was used and how was it informed by real world data?
- How does irrigation-induced stream recharge work?
- How much diverted irrigation water returns to the river system?
- What are the important takeaways from the study?
View the recorded WEBINAR
on
CSU Water Quality Results from Irrigated Mountain Meadow Monitoring
Recorded February 20, 2025
Presenters: A.J. Brown, CSU Ag Water Quality Program Data Scientist,
and Greg Peterson, CAWA
Topics:
- Why the study has been conducted.
- The timing of irrigation, fertilization, hay production and grazing.
- Differences in nitrogen and phosphorus levels in the inflows and outflows (runoff).
- Differences in sediment (total suspended solids) loads coming into and leaving fields.
- The effects of manure and commercial fertilizer application on nutrients in outflows.
- Q and A
Recorded Webinar URL: https://youtu.be/QFFcA2mM0Qo
View the Highlights of the webinar