Performance of water delivery system at tertiary canal level: a case study of the Menemen Left Bank Irrigation System, Gediz Basin, Turkey

Ünal, Halil Baki; Âşik, Şerafettin; Avci, Musa; Yasar, S.; Akkuzu, Erhan

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2003.10.002

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“…For instance, Unal et al . () applied these indicators to assess the performance of a water delivery system at tertiary canal level in the Menemen Irrigation System, Turkey. Kazbekov et al .…”

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Water Delivery Performance at Metahara Large‐Scale Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Dejen

Schultz

Hayde

2015

Irrigation and Drainage

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Water distribution, delivery and hydrodynamics in manually operated gravity irrigation schemes are often complex. The nature of the hydrodynamics and its impacts on water delivery are generally not well understood by operators. The Metahara Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia, with a gross irrigated area of 11 500 ha, is an example of such a scheme.This paper assesses water supply and demand of the scheme and evaluates the water delivery performance to 15 offtakes at head, middle and tail reaches of a 10-km-long canal. Adequacy, efficiency, equity and dependability were used as indicators of water delivery performance. Results indicated that average annual irrigation supply is in excess of demand by 24%. Water delivery at tertiary levels was adequate in terms of quantity, and suggests insignificant field losses. However, a significant amount is lost in the conveyance and distribution canals and to saline swamps at tail ends. Unlike claims of water shortage, the major water management challenge is lack of sound operational rules, which made the delivery inequitable and inefficient. Delivery was inferior in terms of adequacy and dependability at middle reach offtakes. Optimal water diversion and distribution not only save water, but also reduce the danger of waterlogging and salinity in the scheme. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Ce document estime l'offre et la demande en eau du périmètre et évalue le rendement de distribution d'eau en 15 points répartis le long d'un canal de 10 km. La pertinence, l'efficience, l'équité et la fiabilité ont été utilisés comme indicateurs de la performance de la livraison de l'eau. Les résultats ont indiqué que l'offre annuelle moyenne de l'irrigation est supérieure à la demande de 24%. L'approvisionnement en eau au niveau tertiaire était adéquat en termes de quantité, et suggère des pertes en collature insignifiantes. Cependant, une quantité importante est perdue dans les canaux de transports et dans les marécages salins en fin de ligne. Contrairement à ce que laisse supposer les réclamations liées à la pénurie d'eau, l'enjeu majeur de la gestion de l'eau est l'absence de règles saines de mise en oeuvre, ce qui a rendu la livraison inéquitable et inefficace. La livraison a été inférieure en termes de pertinence et de fiabilité aux points de mesures intermédiaires. La distribution optimale, de l'eau non seulement permet d'économiser l'eau, mais réduit aussi le danger d'engorgement et de salinisation du périmètre.

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Water Delivery Performance at Metahara Large‐Scale Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Dejen

Schultz

Hayde

2015

Irrigation and Drainage

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“…Dependability is defined as temporal variation in the amount of water delivered and required over a time period (Molden and Gates, 1990) and expresses the ability to find water at the right time and in the place desired in the system (Unal et al, 2004). Dependability is defined as temporal variation in the amount of water delivered and required over a time period (Molden and Gates, 1990) and expresses the ability to find water at the right time and in the place desired in the system (Unal et al, 2004).…”

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Performance Assessment of Water Delivery and Distribution in Som Kamla Amba Irrigation Scheme

Sharma

Kothari

Dashora

2018

Irrigation and Drainage

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The objective of this study was to assess the water delivery performance of the Som Kamla Amba irrigation scheme located in the Dungarpur district of Rajasthan using adequacy, equity and dependability indicators. Three minors each at the head, mid and tail sections of main canals (Right and Left Main Canal) and branch canals (Aspur Branch Canal and Baroda Branch Canal) were selected. The ratio of water delivered (obtained from discharge measured at outlets) and water required (calculated from CROPWAT software) was determined for major rabi crops (wheat, barley, gram and mustard) grown in the command area in 2011–2012. Results had shown good (1.00 to 0.93), fair (0.84 to 0.80) and poor (0.42 to 0.18) adequacy at the head, mid and tail sections of each canal respectively. Also there is poor equity in water delivery as its value varied from 0.35 to 0.92. Dependability was found to be good at head, fair at mid and poor at tail sections. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…However, if the calculation unit is too small or too large, it will have no practical significance on the performance evaluation of the irrigation scheme. In related papers [13][14][15]20], most of the studies used the month as the unit of time, and the canal control area as the unit of space. Therefore, in this paper, the month and the secondary canal control area were chosen as the time unit and the space unit, respectively.…”

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“…For instance, Unal et al [13] used these four indicators to evaluate the water delivery performance of the Menemen Left Bank Irrigation System in Turkey. They highlighted that factors causing poor irrigation performance derived in part from management, and in part from physical structure.…”

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Evaluation of the Water Allocation and Delivery Performance of Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme, Shanxi, China

Fan

Gao

Wang

et al. 2018

Water

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Irrigation performance assessment is an important step in ensuring sustainable agricultural development and improving the capacity of irrigation water management. In this paper, we examined irrigation water management in the Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme in the province of Shanxi (China) using four typical indicators, namely adequacy, efficiency, dependability, and equity. These indicators were calculated both globally and by grouping the data according to different irrigation processes (water allocation and water delivery). Results show that water was poorly allocated, and crop water requirements calculated through the FAO56 Penman-Monteith method was not met timely by scheduled water. They indicate that the overall performance of the scheme was relatively poor, owing to dismal water allocation. Nevertheless, water delivery performance was good, indicating that the scheme was able to deliver adequate and dependable water in an equitable and efficient manner. Our findings suggest that farmers should be trained in allocating irrigation water. The study provides insights into the current behavior of the irrigation scheme and may be used as a base for improvement of irrigation performance.

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Performance of water delivery system at tertiary canal level: a case study of the Menemen Left Bank Irrigation System, Gediz Basin, Turkey

Cited by 46 publications

References 6 publications

Water Delivery Performance at Metahara Large‐Scale Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Water Delivery Performance at Metahara Large‐Scale Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Performance Assessment of Water Delivery and Distribution in Som Kamla Amba Irrigation Scheme

Evaluation of the Water Allocation and Delivery Performance of Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme, Shanxi, China

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