2008 Irrigation Control Hours
The following graphs displays the 2008 irrigation season final accumulated control hours by control schedule. In 2008 North Central irrigators purchased 25,708,886 kWh a record number of kWh purchased. The $2,635,223.70 in irrigation revenues is about $58,000 more than the amount collected in 2007.
The following graph displays the control hours for the 2008 Irrigation season by Control Schedule.
In the chart below is a breakdown of the individual control schedule's control hours. The differences in control hours within the 2-Day Control Schedules and within the 3-Day Control schedules are a result of statewide weather variations from day-to-day and precipitation amounts.
Control Schedule |
Individual Schedule |
Description |
|---|---|---|
5 Hours Daily |
5 Hrs Daily |
5 Hrs Daily |
2 Day |
TF |
Monday & Thursday |
2 Day |
WS |
Tuesday & Friday |
2 Day |
MTh |
Wednesday & Saturday |
3 Day |
MWF |
Monday, Wednesday & Friday |
3 Day |
TTHS |
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday |
Anytime |
Anytime |
Anytime |
| All irrigation control schedules are subject to Sunday control when applicable. | ||
The following four graphs display the historical perspective on the number of control hours by control schedules over the last six years and the six year average. The important thing to note here is that from 2005 to 2008, the average number of control hours in every group has gone down every year (except 2007 to 2008 on 5-Hour Daily and they are virtually the same).
