By Robin Meadows In 2015, when California was deep into a severe drought, state Senate Bill 88 tightened requirements for reporting water use. This posed a challenge for growers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s 415,000 acres of farmland, where many irrigation systems are fed by siphons instead of pumps and so lack electricity to run water meters. Alternative power sources proved troublesome. “I spent a lot of time on the side of levees replacing batteries and circuit boards, and fixing … Continue reading FEATURE: How a new satellite-based platform could transform water management in California