MANAGEMENT OF WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM IN PROSIDA (INDONESIA)

Abstract

The great wastage of irrigation 'water occurs during conveyance and application from main intake to the farm field, In fact most of these losses could be saved if there is a proper water distribution planning and a correct supervision during its implementation. Irrigation water management of a completed project should be focused on how the water is delivered, applied, used and removed from the field. Water delivery should be designed to deliver water according to crop water requirement, with a predetermined method of irrigation water distribution, Water use in an irrigated farm is the end result of a comple-xity of operations carried out at different points in the irrigation system starting from the source of water ending at the point of delivery for farmer use,...