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G10. PLANNING, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS<br />
(KUL-code: I717(Th); I893 (Pr))<br />
Lecturer: RAES D.<br />
ECTS-credit: 5 pts<br />
Contact hours: 30 hrs. of theory/30 hrs. of practical<br />
Prerequisites: Irrigation agronomy (C8)<br />
Time and place: 1st semester, 13 sessions of 3 hours each, K.U.Leuven<br />
Course syllabus: Lecture notes<br />
Evaluation: Quotation on sample problems<br />
Comparable handbook: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Papers (Rome, Italy):<br />
N° 33 (1979) - Yield response to water. 193 p.<br />
N° 40 (1982) - Organization, operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes. 166 p.<br />
N° 45 (1989) - Guidelines for designing and evaluating surface irrigation systems. 137 p.<br />
N° 46 (1992) - CROPWAT, A computer program for irrigation planning and management.<br />
126 p.<br />
N° 56 (1998) - Crop Evapotranspiration. Guidelines for computing crop water<br />
requirements. 300 p.<br />
Additional information: The course consists of a number of theoretical classes and a set of practical real-live<br />
problems that the students have to solve (examination).<br />
Teaching is in English<br />
Learning objectives:<br />
The aim of the course is to provide techniques and calculation procedures for achieving optimal and efficient<br />
operation and management of irrigation systems. During practical sessions the students receive training in the<br />
use of software packages that are helpful for the development of irrigation plans and for the management of<br />
multicrop systems and rice schemes. At the end of the course the students should be able to optimize and<br />
manage the water supply for irrigation schemes.<br />
Course description:<br />
1. Planning of irrigation systems (Why develop irrigated agriculture? Development stages).<br />
2. Management of irrigation systems (Operation, maintenance and assistance services; Associations of<br />
irrigation water users).<br />
3. Planning water supply (Estimating future water supply and water demand; Setting up rotation delivery<br />
schedules. Planning water supply for flooded rice).<br />
4. Distribution of water (<strong>Water</strong> distribution methods; <strong>Water</strong> delivery control systems; Principles of the<br />
operation of hydraulic structures).<br />
5. Measures to match supply and demand (Reduction of the water deficit; Use of unconventional water<br />
sources; Optimization of the water allocation).<br />
6. Monitoring the water supply and performance of the system.<br />
The practical exercises aim to train the students in the development of irrigation plans for multiple cropping<br />
systems and rice schemes. Charts for guiding irrigation in real time in response to actual weather and water<br />
limiting conditions have to be worked out as well. The following software packages are used in the practical<br />
sessions:<br />
- IRSIS: Irrigation scheduling information systems (K.U.Leuven).<br />
- CROPWAT: (FAO)<br />
- BUDGET: a soil water and salt balance model (K.U.Leuven)<br />
- BIRIZ: water requirements for rice schemes (K.U.Leuven)<br />
- SIMIS: scheme irrigation management information system (FAO)<br />
Advanced studies in <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> / 39
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