WHAT RITA CAN DO...

RECORD AMOUNTS, ENERGY AND COST RITA keeps a record of the use of your precious irrigation resources from a well or district turnout. It records all your water and energy meter readings and costs.

ANALYZE THE IRRIGATIONS RITA produces reports that show you how much water, energy and expense was actually used in each field, crop, ranch, turnout or well.

ESTIMATE ACTUAL IRRIGATION DEPTH RITA is equipped with a sofisticated routine that can estimate irrigation amount from monthly energy bills or irrigation times and flow rates.

PROJECT IRRIGATION NEEDS USING the CROP MODULE of RITA you can project the monthly irrigation needs for each crop, field and ranch.

RECORD ENERGY USE Using the WELL MODULE of RITA you can record energy use of your wells and booster pumps.

PLAN THE CROPPING: Using the PLANNING MODULE of RITA you can optimize the acreage of each crop considering the crop water use, the cost of water, other costs and the expected crop sale price.

THE ADVANTAGES OF USING RITA...

RITA is a water accounting program that gives you complete control over your irrigation cost.

RITA extracts the most sgnificant information out of your irrigation records: Water and energy meter readings and bills.

RITA compares estimate of your irrigation depth with average crop water requirements and point out the sites that are overirrigated and need improvements

RITA gives you, at each minute, the amount remaining in your allocation and makes it possible to order additional allocation or avoid requests for unnecessary extra allocation.

RITA calculates the total depth applied to each crop makes it possible to compute the effect of the irrigations on the yield and compare it with other growers in the area.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE...

A. MAIN MODULE

1. The initialization part Adapting the program to the farm location and to the computer used.

2. The Ranch Part Defining the ranches tracked by the program and the amount of water allocated for each water class. Producing reports of water use and remaining water allocation for the entire ranch.

3. The Field Part Defining the fields, their ranch relation, and their crops. Producing Irrigation analysis reports.

4. The Turnout Part Defining the different turnouts, the cost of water and energy, and the amount of water pumped per kwh

5. The Irrigation Order Part Recording the energy and water meter readings at the beginning the end of each irrigation.

6. The Monthly Meter Reading Part recording monthly meter reading from each turnout including monthly energy or water bills.

B. CROP MODULE With this module you can define the monthly water requirements of any crop and use this information to project the water needs of each field and ranch and compare amounts in a specific site with normal averages.

C. ENERGY MODULE With this module you can track the energy use of wells and pumps.