Performance Measures for Evaluation of Irrigation‐Water‐Delivery Systems

Molden, David; Gates, Timothy K.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9437(1990)116:6(804)

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“…The methodologies to estimate these measures explained in this paper provide the irrigation authorities with the information on the performance of irrigation water management in the scheme, their management capability, the response of the irrigation water management to variations in climatological, physical and management aspects and insight to improve the performance during different phases of the of irrigation water management. Steiner (1991) Productivity, equity, harmony, environmental sustainability and economic sustainability or cost effectiveness Productivity, equity, profitability, sustainability and quality of life Plusquellec et al (1990) Water availability, water use efficiencies (conveyance, field application and overall efficiencies), equity of water distribution, cropping intensity and crop yields and project economic rates of return Molden and Gates (1990) Adequacy, efficiency, dependability and equity at different levels in the water delivery systems Goldsmith and Adequacy, equity, reliability, productivity and equity Water delivery performance parameters such as actual versus targeted water supply along with equity, reliability and adequacy El-Awad et. al.…”

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“…Reliability measures Molden and Gates (1990) Defined reliability in the form of dependability as temporal uniformity of the ratio of the delivered amount of water to the required or scheduled amount of water. They provided three indicators in the form degree of temporal variability in the ratio of amount delivered to amount required (reliability), amount deliverable to amount scheduled (reliability associated with structural characteristics) and amount delivered to amount deliverable over a region (reliability associated with management characteristics).…”

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“…In the operation phase, the plan finalised at planning stage is implemented or modified and implemented. In the evaluation phase, operation data are collected and analysed to determine the performance (Molden andGates, 1990 andGorantiwar, 1995). The success of irrigation water management in the irrigation scheme depends on appropriateness of all these processes.…”

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“…Preferred Theil's information measure. Molden and Gates (1990) and Kalu et al (1995) Coefficient of variance (Cv) of spatial water distribution to field plots as a measure of inequity and thus (1-Cv) as measure of equity. Steiner (1991) Relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, inter-quartile comparison and Gini coefficient El-Ewad et al (1991) Absolute average deviation Bird (1991) Inter quartile ratio Goldsmith and A normalized equity index called inter quartile ratio (Abernethy, 1986).…”

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“…Wijayaratna (1986) Used water availability index for adequacy. Molden and Gates (1990) Proposed three measures of adequacy in terms of the arithmetic ratios over the space and time. These are: 1 ratio of actual amount delivered by the system to amount of water required for consumptive use, leaching, land preparation and the conveyance losses, 2 ratio of amount deliverable and the amount scheduled and 3 the ratio of the actual amount delivered and amount deliverable.…”

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Benchmarking performance in the irrigation and drainage sector: a tool for change

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With increasing pressure on available water resources, irrigation systems in many countries are having to find ways to improve performance. As often the main consumptive user, irrigation systems are having to release water for other uses and to produce ''more crop per drop''. Benchmarking is a valuable tool that has proven itself in the business and commercial sector, as well as in public sector enterprises. This paper describes and defines the benchmarking process, and goes on to outline its current application in the irrigation and drainage (I&D) sector. The paper highlights the difficulty of benchmarking in the I&D sector given the complexity and site-specific nature of irrigation and drainage systems, and emphasises the need for careful identification of which processes to benchmark. Preliminary benchmarking indicators are discussed, and attention drawn to efforts currently under way to apply and test this preliminary set. Emphasis is placed on the effort and resources required to bring about the required changes identified by the benchmarking exercise, and the role of change management as an integral part of the benchmarking process. The paper concludes that benchmarking provides a feasible mechanism for performance improvement in the I&D sector, but requires the active involvement of motivated individuals with support from the wider environment, encompassing an enabling socio-political environment and support from key processus de benchmarking. Le papier conclut que le benchmarking fournit un outil possible pour l'amélioration de la performance du secteur d'I&D, mais exige la participation active d'individus motivés avec l'appui de l'environnement plus large, englobant un encourageant secteur socio-politique et le support des principaux acteurs.

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Performance Measures for Evaluation of Irrigation‐Water‐Delivery Systems

Cited by 281 publications

References 5 publications

Performance assessment of irrigation water management of heterogeneous irrigation schemes: 1. A framework for evaluation

Performance assessment of irrigation water management of heterogeneous irrigation schemes: 1. A framework for evaluation

Socio‐Hydrology of Channel Flows in Complex River Basins: Rivers, Canals, and Distributaries in Punjab, Pakistan

Benchmarking performance in the irrigation and drainage sector: a tool for change

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