Assessment of water delivery efficiency in irrigation canals using performance indicators

WH Nam, EM Hong, JY Choi - Irrigation science, 2016 - Springer
Agricultural water is delivered by open irrigation canals in system of reservoirs with a
widespread distribution in South Korea. Traditional irrigation management problems include …

Operational performance improvements in irrigation canals to overcome groundwater overexploitation

SMH Shahdany, A Firoozfar, JM Maestre… - Agricultural Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Groundwater overexploitation due to unsustainable agricultural development is a
widespread problem in irrigation districts relying on conjunctive use of surface and …

Canal water distribution optimization model based on water supply conditions

Y Fan, H Chen, Z Gao, X Chang - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The optimization of canal water distribution is vital in irrigation areas because a reasonable
distribution is required to improve the water distribution efficiency and maximize the benefits …

Equitable water distribution in main irrigation canals with constrained water supply

SM Hashemy Shahdany, JM Maestre… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Springer
In this study a novel configuration of the Water Level Difference Error method is introduced
to speed up the error sharing in the context of Model Predictive Control (MPC). The potential …

[HTML][HTML] A novel irrigation canal scheduling model adaptable to the spatial-temporal variability of water conveyance loss

X Liao, A Mahmoud, T Hu, J Wang - Agricultural Water Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The water conveyance loss of irrigation canals shows significant spatial-temporal variability
both along the canal reach and over time. An accurate representation of these variances in …

Providing a reliable water level control in main canals under significant inflow fluctuations at drought periods within canal automation

SM Hashemy Shahdany, AR Firoozfar - Water resources management, 2017 - Springer
Supplying agricultural water has recently become more challenging due to increase in
drought frequency in semi-arid regions. Unreliable supply water resources lead to inflow …

Management and performance improvement of irrigation canals in water‐scarce conditions considering hydraulic drawbacks: A case study for the Eastern Aghili …

S Ostovari, MJ Monem - Irrigation and Drainage, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Irrigation networks suffer from conventional water management in water‐scarce conditions.
Most previous studies have concentrated on water allocation, paying little attention to …

A simplified multi‐objective genetic algorithm optimization model for canal scheduling

SZ Peng, Y Wang, S Khan, T Rana… - Irrigation and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A simplified Multi‐Objective Genetic Algorithm Optimization Model (MOM‐GA)
for canal scheduling under unequal flow rates of distributary canals is presented in this …

Realistic evaluation of crop water productivity for sustainable farming of wheat in Kamin Region, Fars Province, Iran

B Abolpour - Agricultural Water Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Currently, the economic wheat production faces severe challenges due to an increasing
number of droughts. In an effort to enhance yields, most arid and semi-arid areas increase …

Determination of overall water delivery performance based on adequacy, efficiency, equity and dependability in the Doroodzan irrigation network

MA Shahrokhnia, A Olyan‐Ghiasi - Irrigation and Drainage, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Evaluation of irrigation and drainage systems can help managers find problems
and deliver water in the system more efficiently. Adequacy, efficiency, equity and …