Turlock Irrigation District
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Plain talk from a working utility.
TID Water & Power Podcast is a calm, practical interview series from the Turlock Irrigation District. Constance Anderson speaks with TID employees and managers about reservoirs, hydrology, procurement, public power, customer service, and the operational choices behind reliable service.
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TID Water & Power Podcast offers a patient look inside the Turlock Irrigation District. It is built around interviews, usually with Constance Anderson guiding a TID employee, manager, or community guest through the work behind water and power service. The show favors explanation over performance. Questions start broad, then move into the operational detail that gives the topic weight. Don Pedro Reservoir becomes more than a recreation destination. It is campgrounds, rules, boat camping, sewer treatment, safety certifications, and the Don Pedro Recreation Agency keeping a busy place running. Climate episodes take the same practical approach. Atmospheric rivers, snowpack, forecasting skill, watershed changes, and groundwater are described as real planning conditions, not abstract policy language. District leadership episodes widen the frame. Brad Cohen talks about strategic planning, path to zero spill, path to zero carbon, affordability, reliability, board metrics, and the difficulty of preparing for less familiar water conditions. Other conversations stay closer to the ground. Materials management becomes a story about bids, RFPs, vendors, capital project lists, warehouse readiness, compliance, and the three-to-six-month process behind getting equipment in place. A live event episode adds a community texture, with employees and attendees discussing booths, district equipment, customer service, hydro displays, and a major effort to replace 94,000 electric meters. The show can be technical, but it is rarely opaque. It repeatedly turns acronyms, mandates, forecasts, and public-sector procedures into everyday terms. There is some light banter. The center of gravity remains service-oriented and factual. It is especially useful for customers who want to know what their utility is doing before a project, storm, mandate, or recreation season affects them directly. It also gives a grounded view of public utility work as a collection of people, departments, schedules, budgets, and tradeoffs. The pace is measured. The value is cumulative. Over time, the listener gets a working map of how TID thinks, plans, maintains, purchases, prepares, and explains itself to the community it serves.
Made for: Best for TID customers, public-utility observers, and listeners who like practical explanations of water, power, infrastructure, and local government operations.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by letting TID employees explain the mechanics behind service decisions in detail, from reservoir recreation and hydrology to procurement and meter replacement. It treats utility work as civic infrastructure rather than background noise.
There’s a lot more involved with delivering power than turning on a light switch. And the water that flows through the canals throughout the Turlock Irrigation District service area, where does that come from? Each month the TID Water & Power Podcast sits down with industry experts and TID employees to discuss fascinating facts and important issues that shape the operations of your community-owned utility. Let’s get social! Facebook: @TurlockID Instagram: @TurlockID Twitter: @TurlockID LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/turlockid Find out more about TID at www.TID.org.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
TID Water & Power Podcast makes a community-owned utility's planning, procurement, infrastructure, and public responsibilities concrete through detailed staff conversations.
Constance Anderson turns the operations of Turlock Irrigation District into careful, accessible conversations with the people doing the work. Department managers and the district's general manager explain how climate forecasts affect water planning, how public purchasing moves…
A public utility opens its back rooms, and suddenly your light switch has paperwork.
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A practical look at the work behind a day at Don Pedro Reservoir.
Don Pedro Reservoir is presented as more than a summer backdrop. Constance Anderson and Recreation Department Manager Ryan Reese lay out the Don Pedro Recreation Agency's role in keeping recreation safe, maintaining campgrounds, and handling the unseen work that helps boating,…
A practical look at hydrology, weather risk, and water-operations decisions.
TID frames climate change as a water-operations issue, and Olivia Kramer ties that framing to the Tuolumne River watershed, the Water Year Outlook, and the district's day-to-day planning.
A practical look at how TID is planning for less water, tighter mandates, and steady service.
The piece follows TID General Manager Brad Cohen as he lays out the district's next five years against a tighter water future and ambitious energy goals.
A live look at TID's annual water-and-power celebration, with interviews and a practical tour of how the district works.
Recorded live from TID's Celebration of Water and Power on October 8, this episode offers a compact look at the district's annual event at its main office in Turlock.
A clear, practical look at how TID turns public purchasing rules into dependable utility operations.
Public infrastructure shows up in practical, recognizable pieces, and this episode stays close to the department that keeps those pieces moving.
Water utility chiefs on budgets, biosolids and building teams.
David French and Sarah Isgur break down Supreme Court arguments and rulings twice a week.
David Roberts interviews energy and policy experts on grids, solar, geothermal, and climate law.
Constance Anderson talks with Recreation Department Manager Ryan Reese about recreation at Don Pedro Reservoir.
Constance Anderson opens with climate change and the hydrology of the Tuolumne River watershed.
Constance Anderson kicks things off with the district's key initiatives and milestone projects.
Constance Anderson kicks off a special TID Water and Power Podcast episode recorded live at TID's Celebration of Water and Power on October 8th.
TID Water and Power Podcast host Constance Anderson talks with Jason Perez, the Turlock Irrigation District's materials management department manager, about how the district's 13-person team handles purchasing and warehouse operations.
The episode reviews the Turlock Irrigation District's 2022 milestones and looks ahead to 2023, featuring an interview with the general manager.