The SWIIM Manager implementation on the Lake Canal, is moving along quite well. Instrumentation such as that shown is being deployed and folks are very interested in seeing details as to how SWIIM will be used.

Members of the SWIIM Team started 2012 with a bang at the DARCA annual convention (darca.org). The Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance was well presented, and it was nice for us to connect with those that could really benefit from SWIIM.

The best way to get an understanding of SWIIM System and more specifically, how to use SWIIM Planner, is to watch the introductory videos provided for you at swiimsystem.com. If you haven’t viewed them yet, you may do so here: http://www.swiimsystem.com/Videos.aspx

If you’d like a written summary of the steps required to get from a blank map ...

Generally SWIIM® Optimizer Input Wizard in SWIIM Planner will result in a recommended cropping pattern which will produce a much higher net return than your current practices (especially if you decrease your water allotment to allow for a portion of your CU to be leased).

However in some cases, depending on your inputs to the wizard, it may result in a very small increase in net return or even a lower future net return than your historical return.

To improve your results ...

Many smaller towns may not be displayed in the background map provided by ESRI. If you don’t see a town you’d like to use to help you find your farm, turn on the Cities layer in the Map Table of Contents. To do so: ...

At our group beta test session yesterday we were asked by one of the attendees:

"Why do you use a map to enter the farm and fields? Why not just let the user enter the data in a table?"

This is a good question (or questions to be precise). There are several reasons for using a map ...