Helping to keep ag water connected with ag land

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 groundwater discharge and stream recharge work?
  • How much diverted irrigation water returns to the river system?
  • What are the important takeaways from the study?
  • Q and A
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

 

Partial project funding for the Ag Water NetWORK is provided by a 2022 grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
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