Tom Gill

Reclamation Office: Technical Service Center, Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services
Contact Information: (303) 445-2201, tgill@usbr.gov

In this photo, 86-68460 Engineer Dale Lentz (left) is working with staff of the University of California Desert Research and Extension Service installing a hydraulically operated field turnout at the field test site near Holtville CA. The hydraulically operated field turnout was developed at Reclamation's Hydraulics Laboratory by 86-68460 engineers. This turnout is one of four flow control technologies that are being tested as part of this automated surface irrigation project.<br>[<a href='imagepop.cfm?id=8969|468' target='_blank' style='color:#bbb'>view information</a>]

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Tom Gill began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2004 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2013 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Supporting Irrigation Districts, Agriculture Water Supplies and Water Operation Models and Decision Support Systems.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Tom Gill is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Affordable Self-Cleaning Trash Rack

Project ID: 3107
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2013
Research Results: Affordable Self-Cleaning Trashrack (final, PDF, 270KB)

Database for Field Performance of Electronic Water Level Sensors

Project ID: 216
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2013
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Design Refinement and Construction Drawings for Overshot Gates that Irrigation Districts can Construct Themselves

Project ID: 2319
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2013
Research Results: Simplified Overshot Gate Development (final, PDF, 373KB)

Wireless Automated Control of Surface Irrigation Systems for Improved Irrigation Efficiency

Project ID: 8969
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2013
Research Results: Radio Telemetered Flow Monitoring and Canal Control Technologies (final, PDF, 341KB)

Demonstration of Radio Telemetered Flow Monitoring and Canal Control Technologies

Project ID: 393
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2006 - 2010
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Development and Testing of an Overshot Gate Design that Irrigation Districts Can Self-Construct and Maintain

Project ID: 6890
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Flow Measurement with a Venturi Flume Under Submerged or Unsubmerged Conditions

Project ID: 495
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2006 - 2010
Research Results: Venturi Solution for Measuring Flow at Flumes under Risk of Submergence (final, PDF, 122KB)

Living Laboratory for Canal Modernization Technologies

Project ID: 7316
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2007 - 2010
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Programmable Logic Control of Automated Surface Irrigation Systems for Improved Water Use Efficiency

Project ID: 3877
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Self-Assembled Low-Cost Electronic Continuous Flow Meter

Project ID: 3024
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2006 - 2007
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Prototype Development and Field Testing/Demonstroation of Automated Delivery Systems Compatible with Improved Efficiency Application of Irrigation Water

Project ID: 434
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2004 - 2006
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Centralized Information on Reclamation Field Test/Demonstration Sites for Improving Management of Agricultural Water

Project ID: 1061
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2004 - 2005
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Development and Deployment of Affordable Technologies for Flow Measurement and Delivery Control (WS3-FY03-004-LC)

Project ID: 433
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2004
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Development of technologies for water budgeting and analyzing effects of water management practices on downstream water supplies and water quality in the South Platte and Arkansas Basins

Project ID: 803
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2004
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Development testing and demonstration of components of a canal modernization system

Project ID: 726
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2004
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

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Last Updated: 11/17/20