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Maximum total contracted active energy is a data supplied by the energy supply company.<br />

The energy cost per unit irrigation supply (CENV T ) is 0.044 €·m -3 . The average values<br />

obtained in the studied farm were very similar to the average WUA values in this area (from<br />

0.025 to 0.129 €·m -3 , according to the WUA data in the province <strong>of</strong> Alicante, Spain).<br />

The value <strong>of</strong> energy load index (ICE) corresponds with the maximum operating pressure<br />

value <strong>of</strong> the pump, which is the highest value <strong>of</strong> the piezometric level <strong>of</strong> the irrigation<br />

network. The average energy efficiency <strong>of</strong> the pumping system (EEB) was obtained by the<br />

aid <strong>of</strong> the simultaneously measurements <strong>of</strong> the water and energy parameters cited in chapter<br />

2.2. Efficiency <strong>of</strong> the energy supply (ESE) quantifies the energy supply according to the<br />

topology <strong>of</strong> the irrigation network, and relates the energy demanded by the irrigation network<br />

with the energy supplied by the pump. The product <strong>of</strong> EEB and ESE presents the general<br />

energy efficiency (EEG) <strong>of</strong> the irrigation system.<br />

According to the calculated parameters and the protocol for WUA, the studied irrigation<br />

system was classified as a consumer system, into the forth group <strong>of</strong> energy consumption<br />

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