Extension

The Water Resource Engineering program assists UF faculty in the County in implementing Extension education programs focused on the impact of the Everglades restoration process on agriculture and natural resources. These programs make available information about water-use practices related to agriculture, such as irrigation and water conservation, that will improve the compatibility of agriculture with the natural ecosystem and the expanding urban population in south Florida.

Other aspects of the program involve participation in state major programs, developing County in-service training programs, authoring electronic (EDIS) and hard copy materials, contributing to newsletters, carrying out demonstration trials and leading planning and reporting efforts in hydrology and water conservation.

Water Quality Trainings

Next water quality training event will be at the UF/IFAS Extension Symposium in Gainesville, Florida, May 6, 2009.  This training will be for UF/IFAS specialists and agents.  Please contact Kati Migliaccio (klwhite@ufl.edu) or Yuncong Li (yunli@ufl.edu) for more information.  All materials for this event will be posted once they are available.  Other water quality trainings/conferences are anticipated for 2010.

Water quality training materials link

HOA / Residential Irrigation Project

This project offers some incentives for installing soil moisture sensors for automating irrigation. It is currently being conducted in collaboration with UF/IFAS Miami Dade County Extension Service and is funded by Miami Dade County Water and Sewer Department. For more information about this project, please see the following link: Web link

Our portion of this project is to evaluate the water savings from implementing the soil moisture devices. Please contact Kati Migliaccio (klwhite@ufl.edu) or Michael Gutierrez (smgutier@ufl.edu) regarding this portion of the project.

Links by commodity:

• Fruit
• Nursery
• Vegetable
• General