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The training has been postponed to January 25 from the 17th.
DCR Livestock Watering System Training VDOT Culpeper District Office 1601 Orange Road Culpeper, VA 22701 January 25, 2018
Agenda: (Breaks will be taken where convenient.)
9:30am Opening Comments
9:35am Example Watering System Design
10:00am Presentation: Livestock Watering System Design & Using the Pressure System Worksheet
12:00pm Lunch (Please pack a lunch)
12:30pm Pressure System Components: Hands-on Stations (1.5 hours) -Wells & Pumping Plants (Pressure tank, pressure switch, pump, timers, etc.) -Pipeline materials, fittings, valves, etc. -Troughs, float valves, HUAs (site preparation, geotextile, rock sizes)
2:00pm Presentation Continued & Discussion/Comparison of Pressure System Types -Conventional -Remote Pressure Tank -Reservoir for Low-Yielding Wells -Hybrid
2:30pm Calculation Activity using the Pressure System Worksheet
3:30pm Adjourn
Notes to Participants:
1. Please bring a laptop if possible and download the NRCS “Virginia Livestock Watering Systems” worksheet (VA Watering System Worksheets – Sept_2010.xlsm) and Watering Facility Design Note (DN-614). Participants will need to be able to use the electronic version of the worksheet for the exercises. 1. Virginia Livestock Watering Systems Worksheet: www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/document/des-dt-va-watering-system.xlsm 2. DN-614: Available on NRCS eFOTG, Section IV, Conservation Practices, Watering Facility (614)
2. Please pack a lunch – we will only take a 30 minute lunch break to maximize the amount of training time that we have. 3. *Please email Raleigh Coleman at Raleigh.coleman@dcr.virginia.gov if you plan to attend so that we will have enough materials and so that we can alert you to any last-minute changes.
5. Please bring any watering system designs that you are working on if you need assistance.
6. Raleigh’s cell phone number is 540-270-0039 in the event that you need to contact him at the last minute.
VDOT Culpeper District Office
PARKING: Park in the “Pines Parking” lot (#5 below).
TRAINING ROOM: The training will be held in the Auditorium (#3 below).
Entrance from Highway