Peter Canessa holds a Masters degree in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and is a registered Agricultural Engineer in California. His expertise is in agricultural water and energy management, education, and computer software. He has taught Agricultural Water Management at both Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and CSU Fresno. He worked at the Superior Farming Company in the late 1970's when that group was pioneering large-scale drip irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley. As a consultant he has worked with several irrigation districts to develop water conservation programs, with both farming and irrigation district groups in Australia to improve water management, and with RainBird International, Netafim USA, and Eurodrip International (major manufacturers of irrigation equipment) to develop irrigation system design software. He was a consultant for PG&E for 10 years in their agricultural energy efficiency programs. Other projects included being consultant to the San Diego Water Authority in support of the historic San Diego-Imperial Irrigation District water transfer and consultant to Washington State University for development of a major manual of best management practices for water quality protection for the State of Washington. He is currently Program Manager for the Agricultural Pumping Efficiency Program at the Center for Irrigation Technology on the campus of CSU, Fresno.
Contact Pete Canessa: pcanessa@charter.net ||
(805) 547-1130,
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