The goal of this project was to assist the Pueblo of Santa Ana Water Division’s efforts to increase irrigation efficiency by proposing an irrigation plan for the newly acquired Northern Field. We designed multiple layouts for the field to try to optimize the area of the field, water efficiency, as well as monetary cost to implement an irrigation system on the Northern Field. We provided a breakdown of the monetary costs for each irrigation layouts we designed for the Northern Field, and also designed a new platform for communication between the farmers and the Mayordomo to help scheduling and to eliminate wasteful irrigation practices. Finally, we used our analysis to provide recommendations that would best fit the Pueblo’s cultural values and practical needs.

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Creator

• Hedlund, Russell Hagan
• Gonzalez, Daniel
• Paulson, Elizabeth Karen
• Khayami, Meena Lai-Mei

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Food
• Water

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050814-132700

Keyword

• Community development
• Water resources development

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• Mathews, Lauren M.

Year

• 2014

Center

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Pueblo of Santa Ana

Date created

• 2014-05-08

Location

• Santa Fe

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright