Agricultural Use of Reclaimed Water - Experiences in Jordan

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Vallentin
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Jordan Valley ◽  
Water Management System ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
Framework Conditions ◽  
National Water

Due to extreme water scarcity Jordan is integrating reclaimed water resources in the national water management system. This paper describes the recent framework conditions for reclaimed water use in agriculture in Jordan, with a focus on the central and southern Jordan Valley. The possible impacts of lower quality irrigation water on soil, groundwater, crops and human health are considered while appropriate guidelines and monitoring proposals are being developed. Testing of the guidelines and implementation of the monitoring systems have started with the final purpose of integrating them into the Jordanian standard and legal system and thus ensuring safe food for consumers and protection of the environment.

scholarly journals PENYEMPURNAAN SISTEM PENGELOLAAN AIR IRIGASI MENGHADAPI IRIGASI MODERN DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Soekrasno Soekrasno
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Management System ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Productivity Measurement ◽  
Water Management System ◽  
Irrigation Water Management ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Management Institutions

<span><em>Damage to irrigation areas in Indonesia covering an area of 0.37 million hectares for severe damage and </em><span><em>an area of 1.25 million hectares for moderate and mild damage, has an impact on Indonesia's ability in </em><span><em>rice production; rice imports were almost half a century, and only the adequacy of rice was 2 X, i.e. 1984 </em><span><em>and 2009. This was due to low irrigation services which resulted in less optimal carrying capacity of food </em><span><em>security. The deterioration in the function of irrigation services can be grouped into 5 causes of low </em><span><em>irrigation pillars, namely: vulnerability of water sources, lack of irrigation infrastructure, low irrigation</em><br /><span><em>water management, weak management institutions, and low human resources. The cause will be eliminated </em><span><em>by the irrigation modernization program by working on these five pillars. One of the pillars in the </em><span><em>modernization of irrigation that needs to be improved is the irrigation management system. The purpose of</em><br /><span><em>this paper is to contribute ideas in improving the irrigation management system in Indonesia. The author </em><span><em>has conducted observations and research on several irrigation areas, both the authority of the Central, </em><span><em>Provincial and District Governments, especially visits to DI Wadaslintang, Central Java and DI </em><span><em>Bondoyudo, East Java concerning irrigation water management systems. What stands out is the low level </em><span><em>of irrigation services due to the inefficient irrigation water management system in Indonesia, in addition to </em><span><em>the nature of service-based provision and not service-oriented based on farmers' needs. Identification was</em><span><em>carried out on the DI to find out the reasons for the low irrigation water management system, namely: </em><span><em>orientation to water supply, calculation of irrigation requirements, water allocation method, irrigation</em><br /><span><em>water distribution schedule, irrigation water loss, irrigation operational steps, irrigation water </em><span><em>productivity measurement This study analyzes the factors causing the low irrigation water management </em><span><em>system while making a formula for the improvement proposal in the form of 7 steps.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span>

Managing Complexity: Three Case Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Curren ◽  
Ellen Metzger
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Water Management System ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Managing Complexity ◽  
Sustainability Problems ◽  
National Water

This chapter identifies problems of sustainability as systemic action problems and presents illustrative case studies in environmental governance: the management of energy, water, and food systems. It begins by examining the widely discussed idea that problems of sustainability are wicked problems, and argues that systemic complexity and decisional complexity are the factors fundamentally involved in such problems. This opening discussion of the nature of sustainability problems and the case studies that follow bring together and illustrate thematic strands of the preceding chapters, including the costs, benefits, and hazards of complexity, the respective roles of market and government mechanisms, and trans-boundary environmental governance. The illustrative cases concern the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Australia’s National Water Management System, and the changing patterns of food production in the Mekong Region of Southeast Asia. The cases progress in this way from the local and regional to the national and international, and all are concerned in one way or another with relationships between water, food, and energy systems: the widely discussed water-food-energy nexus.

scholarly journals Cost Structure of Irrigation Water in the Sultanate of Oman

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
L. Zaibet
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Cost Structure ◽  
Increasing Returns ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Management Issue ◽  
Increasing Returns To Scale ◽  
National Water

Agriculture in the Sultanate of Oman depends mostly on irrigation and consumes more than 94% of the national water resources. Previous studies have regarded water supply as perfectly elastic and consequently have concentrated on water management issue. This Study relaxes the above hypothesis and constructs a separate cost function for irrigation water. Substitutability among capital, labor and energy in the production of irrigation water was investigated. Results show substitution possibility between labor and energy and reveal the existence of increasing returns to scale in water production.

The Cost of Irrigation Water in the Jordan Valley

10.1596/k8697 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline van den Berg ◽  
Sana Kh. H. Agha Al Nimer
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Jordan Valley ◽  
The Cost
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