谈长龙灌区渠道整治措施

本文根据江西省赣州市中型灌区节水配套改造项目原则和要求,针对兴国县长龙灌区渠系及其建筑物目前存在的问题,分别提出了相应的整治措施,为确保灌区渠道输水安全,进一步提高灌区水的利用率和灌溉保证率,从设计方法上提供有益的经验.     

论郑州市花园口灌区发展引黄供水事业的制约瓶颈及良策

花园口引黄灌区是郑州市的一座中型灌区,成立较早,灌区建设早期主要承担农业灌溉任务,随着城市化进程的加快,灌区同时承担龙湖调蓄池、三河一渠的供水任务。笔者通过研究近几年灌区发展状况,提出了七个制约灌区良性发展的问题,并针对问题,提出解决对策。     

基于层次分析与模糊综合评价的辽宁省《行业用水定额》评价

回顾辽宁省《行业用水定额》的制定及发展历程,分析其在辽宁省水资源管理各工作环节中的应用情况。基于层次分析法建立《行业用水定额》应用评价指标体系,该体系分目标层、主准则层、次准则层3层,共有23项量化评价指标。应用模糊综合评判法构建《行业用水定额》应用评价模型,并给出了具体评判过程。模型计算结果表明,辽宁省《行业用水定额》在水资源管理工作中的综合应用情况为优,最终得分为5.888。     

干旱区滴灌核桃树根系空间分布特性研究

为了研究核桃树根系空间分布特性,本文使用分层分段挖掘法对干旱区滴灌方式下核桃树根系总根长、根重、有效吸收根根长的空间分布规律进行了研究。研究表明：核桃树根系总根长水平方向主要分布在0～120cm处,占其总分布的90．84％;垂直方向主要分布在0～90cm处,占其总分布的78．75％。根重水平方向主要分布在0～30cm处,占其总分布的52．49％;垂直方向主要分布在15～75em处,占其总分布的61．12％。有效吸水根根长在水平距离60cm和垂直深度60cm处为分布密集区。在距离树干水平距离60cm和垂直深度60cm附近的根区,应作为核桃树水肥管理的重点区域。     

The Afghan water law: “a legal solution foreign to reality”? 1

In this article the suggested permit and licence systems included in the draft Afghan Water Law of 2008 (superseding those laws of 1981 and 1991) are examined by comparing them with main canal data from two pilot studies within the Kunduz Basin. The comparison highlights the difficulty of making these proposed legal frameworks operative. Overall, it appears that the sections within the law on permits and licences are not implementable within or even useful for the traditional irrigation systems, but mainly play into the hands of the national hydrocracy and please international donors.     

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Republic of Uzbekistan

Abstract

The Uzbek socio-economic structure is characterized by the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-orientated economy, with a shifting from agricultural production to industrial development. However, the agricultural sector continues to play a significant role in a general economy of the country. The major water sector strategy is to decrease the dependence of agricultural production on climate by introducing advanced irrigation techniques and water saving methods to achieve future sustainable socio-economic development and environmental protection. Water management policy should be flexible enough to adapt to new demands. The regulation of consumption through demand management tools, such as appropriate pricing policies, has recently received greater attention in Uzbekistan. The main thesis of this paper is that allocation of water resources cannot be separated from ecological and economic considerations. The establishment of development objectives and the identification of constraints are also discussed. In the coming years, special attention will need to be paid to the control of water pollution and land salinization, water resources conservation, and acknowledging that actions to increase water productivity are as important as finding additional sources of water.     

Redefining the Water Poverty Index

Abstract

The Water Poverty Index (WPI) of arid and semiarid climatic zones is redefined by introducing the contribution of rainfed agriculture into WPI calculations and by making the WPI equation account for diversities in climatic conditions within arid and semiarid zones and for recycled household water used in irrigation.     

Global Water Demand and Supply Projections

Abstract

This paper presents a modeling approach for projections of water demand and supply for domestic, industrial, livestock, and irrigation at the basin or country level in a global scope. Particular emphasis is put on simulating water availability for crops taking into account total renewable water, non-irrigation water demand, water supply infrastructure, and economic and environmental policies at the basin or country level. This paper focuses on concepts and methodology involved in the modeling exercise. Data assessment and results are presented in a companion paper (Rosegrant and Cai, 2002).     

Model-based Regional Assessment of Water Use An Example for Semi-arid Northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Water use assessments are a necessary prerequisite for sustainable water resources management and planning in river basins, federal states, or countries. For reasons of transparency, flexibility, ease of update, and the possibility to generate scenarios of future water use, such assessments are best carried out by applying a water use model. To support water resources planning in two federal states of semi-arid Northeastern Brazil, Ceará and Piauí, the regional-scale water use model NoWUM was developed. It computes withdrawal and consumptive water use for each of 332 municipalities, distinguishing five water use sectors: irrigation, livestock, households, industry, and tourism. The model is suited to simulate the impact of global change and of management measures on water demand. Using NoWUM, the present-day water use situation in Ceará and Piauí is assessed. In addition, the impact of inter-annual climate variability and long-term climate change on irrigation requirements is considered. Scarce and uncertain input data lead to a high level of uncertainty in the model results. It is likely that water use in the most important sector, irrigation, is underestimated, while industrial water use is possibly overestimated. With some modifications, NoWUM has the potential to be applied for water use assessments in other data-poor regions of the globe.     

Economic Benefits of Reservoirs in the Irrigated Agriculture

Abstract

In the Jordan Valley of Jordan, the demand for water and ability to control its location, timing, quality, and quantity are becoming critical. The competition for water between the urban and agricultural sectors is increasing. There is a general trend in Jordan to reduce water allocated for agricultural use. Increasing the price of irrigation water or restricting the planted areas of water consuming crops, such as bananas, has been implemented during the recent growing season. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the impact of optimal allocation of irrigation water by building storage capacity on the economy of Jordan Valley. A linear programming technique is used, and the main results show that for proper management of water storage capacity, the suggested cropping pattern would generate $88.2 million, whereas the actual cropping pattern generated $74.4 million. The optimal water demand schedule is distributed according to the needs of the planted crops, and water demand has been allocated in an efficient way. In addition, appropriate management of storage capacity has solved the problem of water scarcity during the summer months, when peak production takes place. Storage-transfer system between locations played a significant role in reallocating irrigation water through the storage system. This compensates to a high degree in keeping the agricultural production more stable in physical and monetary units.