我国灌区信息化建设现状与发展对策

灌区信息化建设是灌区现代化发展的基础,也是建设智慧灌区的必由之路。通过阐述我国实施灌区信息化建设的历史背景,分析了灌区信息化建设中存在的技术、管理、理念和人才等方面的问题,指出当前我国灌区信息化建设现状与面临的形势,并针对灌区实际及未来发展,探讨了相应的解决对策。     

白莲河灌区管理体制改革的前景与展望

在大型灌区续建配套与节水改造工程的建设中,灌区的管理体制与运行机制改革是一个非常棘手的问题.自从1998年以来,国家和地方各级政府拨出大量的资金对大型灌区进行改造,但是,由于灌区的管理上存在着种种问题没有解决好,对已经改造过的区域收效甚微.通过组建和发展农民用水户协会参与管理,灌区管理效益得到了显著提高.     

浮箱分离式水力自动控制闸门的研制及其应用

韶山灌区在工程续建配套中,为解决总干渠末端南、北干渠分水枢纽处兴利和保安的矛盾,灌区专业技术人员以自行研制的浮箱分离式水力自控闸门改造原泄洪闸。通过实践运用,这种浮箱分离式水力自动控制闸门具有安全可靠,经济实用等特点,为水利工程管理部门解决同类型的工程问题提供一种思路和依据。     

白莲河灌区管理体制改草的前景与展望

在大型灌区续建配套与节水改造工程的建设中，灌区的管理体制与运行机制改革是一个非常棘手的问题。自从1998年以来，国家和地方各级政府拨出大量的资金对大型灌区进行改造，但是，由于灌区的管理上存在着种种问题没有解决好，对已经改造过的区域收效甚微。通过组建和发展农民用水户协会参与管理，灌区管理效益得到了显著提高。     

灌溉管理应用软件的研究现状及前景

灌溉用水管理是整个灌区的工作重点。决策支持系统等人工智能应用于灌溉管理,辅助管理人员及高层领导正确决策,解决知识处理中的半结构、非结构化问题,缩短预报周期,提高调度的实时性和可靠性,是二十一世纪灌溉系统管理的发展方向。最后介绍了霍泉灌区灌溉用水管理决策支持系统（简记：ＨＱＩＷＡＤＳＳ）的程序结构和主要功能     

宁、陕大型灌区地面灌溉存在问题与对策

讨论了陕西与宁夏二省 (区 )大型灌区骨干工程、田间配套工程情况 ;土壤盐渍化发展与治理措施效果 ;井渠结合灌溉、管理体制改革经验等。分析了灌溉定额偏大及土壤盐渍化等问题的成因与危害。针对各灌区存在的实际问题 ,提出了解决的对策与措施     

促进漳河灌区农民用水户协会可持续发展浅议

农民用水户协会是农村灌溉管理转权改革的一种制度形式。为全面梳理灌区农民用水户协会发展的历程,科学、客观评价已建农民用水户协会在发展运行过程中的经验和教训,促进灌区全面、协调、可持续发展,我们组织人员在漳河灌区通过现场调查、座谈、访问、会议研讨等形式,对协会绩效进行了一次全面调研和评估,分析了存在的问题并提出了解决的办法。根据现状,为促进漳河灌区用水户协会可持续发展,更好地发挥其在农业灌溉管理中的作用,提供一些意见和建议。     

灌溉管理应用软件的研究现状及前景

灌溉用水管理是整个灌区的工作重点,决策支持系统等人工智能应用于灌溉管理,辅助管理人员及高层领导正确决策,解决知识处理中的半结构,非结构化问题,缩短预报周期,提高调度的实时性和可靠性,是二十一世纪灌溉系统管理的发展方向。最后介绍了霍泉灌区灌溉用水管理决策支持系统的程序结构和主要功能．     

无线传感网络在节水灌溉中的应用

针对农田灌区范围广、数据量大、实时传输难的特点，提出在节水灌溉控制系统中利用无线传感网络传送农作物需水信息，该方案解决了灌区信息实时传输的问题。根据农田灌区的具体情况，结合无线传感网络的特点，设计了一个切实可行的灌区无线传感网络系统，系统中解决了网络结构、节点定位、路由和能量监控等问题。     

宁、陕大型灌区地面灌溉存在问题与对策

讨论了陕西与宁夏二省（区）大型灌区骨干工程、田间配套工程情况；土壤盐渍化发展与治理措施效果；井渠结合灌溉、管理体制改革经验等。分析了灌溉定额偏大及土壤盐渍化等问题的成因与危害。针对各灌区存在的实际问题，提出了解决的对策与措。     

On-farm labour allocation and irrigation water use: case studies among smallholder systems in arid regions

On-farm measurements and observations of water flow, water costs and irrigation labour inputs at the individual parcel level were made in case studies of smallholder irrigation systems in sub-Saharan Africa and south-eastern Arabia. The systems, in which the water source supplied either single or multiple users, were analysed to address the fundamental issues of labour allocation for on-farm water management as this has important consequences for the success of such systems. Results show that the costs associated with accessing water influenced labour input, because when they were low the farmers tended to increase the irrigation rate and reduce the amount of time they spent distributing the water within their parcels. Conversely when water costs were high, lower flow rates and more time spent in water distribution were observed, and this resulted in more uniform irrigation and higher irrigation efficiency. Also, opportunities and demands for farmers to use their labour for activities other than irrigation can lead them to modify operational or physical aspects of the system so that they can reduce the time they spend distributing water within the parcels, particularly when the water is relatively cheap. Awareness and better understanding of how farmers may allocate their labour for water management will lead to more effective planning, design and management of smallholder irrigation systems.     

WaDI (water delivery for irrigation): A simulation tool to address strategic interaction of water demand and supply in irrigation schemes

The WaDI (water delivery for irrigation) model deals with the relations between the collective water supply and the demand within irrigated schemes. It is based on a separate modelling of the water supply and demand, including (i) a simplified representation of the hydraulic structure, characteristics and organizational parameters of the scheme, (ii) an assessment of the water demand of farms based on their total irrigated area, cropping pattern and irrigation practices, (iii) a farm typology, (iv) a confrontation between water demand and supply at each node of the scheme from pumping plants to tertiary canals, and (v) calculation of response factors between supply and demand during the peak demand period. “What-if” scenarios are simulated in order to enhance the stakeholders’ capacity to plan strategic decisions such as water delivery allocation rules or infrastructure investments. WaDI was implemented on two Brazilian schemes. It allowed broadening the stakeholders’ limited representation of collective water supply and demand into a more comprehensive understanding of these relations. The approach however showed some limits, along with the difficulty of assessing the real impact on the stakeholders’ capacity for strategic planning.     

涌流畦灌技术要素试验及其设计方法研究

本文利用大量田间涌流畦灌灌水试验资料,分析了粘壤土条件下涌流畦灌技术要素及畦长对涌流畦灌节水率及灌水效果的影响,在此基础上提出了涌流畦灌灌水方案的设计方法,研究成果为推广应用涌灌技术奠定了基础。     

Determining crop-water production functions using yield–irrigation gradient algorithms

Crop-water production functions (CWPFs) are a useful tool for irrigation planning, but derivation of CWPFs by field experimentation is expensive, and traditional analytical techniques are not well suited to derivation of CWPFs. Physiologically based crop models provide a useful tool for simulation of agricultural experiments, but they have not been extensively applied to the task of CWPF determination. A new algorithm type based upon differential crop yield response to irrigation (“yield–irrigation gradients” [YIG]) is presented that uses these crop models to determine planning-level irrigation schedules and CWPFs. Three specific algorithms are developed within this type, varying in complexity, performance, and computational costs. Performance of the YIG methods is compared against a standard reference evapotranspiration method. In particular, the randomized iterative YIG (RIYIG) algorithm provides near-optimal results but at the highest computational costs of all the methods specified. All of the techniques presented have general applicability and are not limited to any one crop or location.     

Development of crop water stress index of wheat crop for scheduling irrigation using infrared thermometry

This study was conducted to develop the relationship between canopy-air temperature difference and vapour pressure deficit for no stress condition of wheat crop (baseline equations), which was used to quantify crop water stress index (CWSI) to schedule irrigation in winter wheat crop (Triticum aestivum L.). The randomized block design (RBD) was used to design the experimental layout with five levels of irrigation treatments based on the percentage depletion of available soil water (ASW) in the root zone. The maximum allowable depletion (MAD) of the available soil water (ASW) of 10, 40 and 60 per cent, fully wetted (no stress) and no irrigation (fully stressed) were maintained in the crop experiments. The lower (non-stressed) and upper (fully stressed) baselines were determined empirically from the canopy and ambient air temperature data obtained using infrared thermometry and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) under fully watered and maximum water stress crop, respectively. The canopy-air temperature difference and VPD resulted linear relationships and the slope (m) and intercept (c) for lower baseline of pre-heading and post-heading stages of wheat crop were found m = −1.7466, c = −1.2646 and m = −1.1141, c = −2.0827, respectively. The CWSI was determined by using the developed empirical equations for three irrigation schedules of different MAD of ASW. The established CWSI values can be used for monitoring plant water status and planning irrigation scheduling for wheat crop.     

Differential evolution algorithm for solving multi-objective crop planning model

This study presents four strategies of a novel evolutionary algorithm, multi-objective differential evolution algorithm (MDEA). The four strategies namely, MDEA1, MDEA2, MDEA3 and MDEA4 are adapted to solve the multi-objective crop planning model with multiple constraints in a farmland in the Vaalharts irrigation scheme (VIS) in South Africa. The three objectives of the model are to minimize the total irrigation water (m²) and to maximize both the total net income in South African Rand (ZAR) from farming and the total agricultural output in tons. The total area of the farm is 771,000 m² and supplied with 704,694 m² of irrigation water annually. Numerical results produce non-dominated solutions which converge to Pareto optimal fronts. MDEA1 and MDEA2 strategies with binomial crossover method are better for solving the crop planning problem presented than MDEA3 and MDEA4 strategies with exponential crossover method. MDEA1 found a solution with the highest total net income of ZAR 1,304,600 with the corresponding total agricultural output, total irrigation water and total planting areas of 316.26 tons, 702,000 m³ and 725,000 m², respectively. The planting areas for the crops in the solution are 73,463 m² for maize, 551,660 m² for groundnut, 50,000 m² for Lucerne and 50,000 m² for Peacan nut. It can be concluded that MDEA is a good algorithm for solving crop planning problem especially in water deficient areas like South Africa.     

Higher performance through combined improvements in irrigation methods and scheduling: a discussion

Prior to the discussion on approaches to combine irrigation scheduling and water application practices, several farm irrigation performance indicators are defined and analysed. These indicators concern the uniformity of water distribution along an irrigated field and the efficiency of on-farm water application. Then, the analysis focus is on three main irrigation systems: surface, sprinkler and microirrigation. For each of these systems, the analysis concerns the main characteristics and constraints of the systems, more relevant aspects influencing irrigation performances, and approaches which could lead to a more appropriate coupling of irrigation scheduling and water application methods. Conclusions point out on the need for combined improvements in irrigation scheduling and methods, for expanding field evaluation of irrigation in farmers fields, for improved design of on-farm systems, and for quality control of irrigation equipments and design.     

Agro-environmental evaluation of irrigation land: II. Pollution induced by Bardenas Irrigation District (Spain)

It is difficult to quantify non-point contamination caused by irrigated agriculture. As continuation to the evaluation of water use on the scale of large irrigation districts, this second part seeks: (i) to quantify the mass of salt and nitrate exported by Bardenas Irrigation District included in the Arba basin (BID-Arba; 54,438 ha); (ii) to analyze the most influential factors; (iii) to propose agro-environmental contamination indices which can be incorporated into legislation.For this, salt and nitrate balances were carried out, assigning concentration values to each of the components of the water balance between 1 April 2004 and 30 September 2006. Saline and Nitrate Contamination Indices were also quantified which correct the mass of pollutants exported from irrigation return flows by geological and agronomic factors of the irrigation area studied.For the whole period of the study the exported mass of salt was 15 kg/(ha day), of which 65% came from geological materials in the area, 34% from irrigation water and only 1% from precipitation. As for exported nitrate, it was 76 g NO₃⁻-N/(ha day), only 25% of the quantities measured in other small basins (≈100 ha) of Bardenas district without re-use of drainage water for irrigation, but double the nitrate exported in other modern irrigation districts.Water and saline agro-environmental indices of BID-Arba resemble those of well-managed modern irrigation districts indicating little margin for improvement in water use and saline contamination. But, the nitrate-contamination-index was 1.5 times higher than well-managed modern irrigation districts indicating the necessity to change nitrogenous fertilization practices to minimize nitrate contamination.     

Seasonal on-farm irrigation performance in the Ebro basin (Spain): Crops and irrigation systems

Irrigation performance assessments are required for hydrological planning and as a first step to improve water management. The objective of this work was to assess seasonal on-farm irrigation performance in the Ebro basin of Spain (0.8 million ha of irrigated land). The study was designed to address the differences between crops and irrigation systems using irrigation district data. Information was only available in districts located in large irrigation projects, accounting for 58% of the irrigated area in the basin. A total of 1617 records of plot water application (covering 10,475 ha) were obtained in the basin. Average net irrigation requirements (IR_n) ranged from 2683 m³ ha⁻¹ in regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) vineyards to 9517 m³ ha⁻¹ in rice. Average irrigation water application ranged from 1491 m³ ha⁻¹ in vineyards to 11,404 m³ ha⁻¹ in rice. The annual relative irrigation supply index (ARIS) showed an overall average of 1.08. Variability in ARIS was large, with an overall standard deviation of 0.40. Crop ARIS ranged between 0.46 and 1.30. Regarding irrigation systems, surface, solid-set sprinkler and drip irrigated plots presented average ARIS values of 1.41, 1.16 and 0.65, respectively. Technical and economic water productivities were determined for the main crops and irrigation systems in the Aragón region. Rice and sunflower showed the lowest productivities. Under the local technological and economic constraints, farmers use water cautiously and obtain reasonable (yet very variable) productivities.     

Farmers’ incentives to save water with new irrigation systems and water taxation—A case study of Serbian potato production

Drip irrigation systems and irrigation strategies like deficit irrigation (DI) and partial root drying (PRD) are potential water saving irrigation systems and strategies. This paper analyses the Serbian farmer's economic incentive to use these water saving systems and strategies instead of the present sprinkler irrigation. The analysis is a partial budgeting analysis, based on irrigation application efficiency from the literature, standard figures for power requirements, pumping efficiency and friction losses for various sources of water and pressure requirements, yields and water use from recent Serbian field experiments, as well as prices and cost structures for potatoes collected in the Belgrade region. The analysis shows that changing the present system and strategy can save a significant amount of water (almost 50%). At the same time, however, irrigation costs are also significantly increased (more than doubled), and the total production costs are increased by 10% (deficit drip irrigation) and 23% (PRD). Increased taxes on water, investment subsidies, increased energy prices, and an increased yield or yield quality may provide incentives for farmers to change to new systems and strategies. The analysis indicates that a 0.80 to 1.97 € m⁻³ water tax is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable. The socioeconomic cost of providing water for irrigation and the alternative value of saved water are probably not that high. Thus, water taxation may not be a socioeconomic efficient means to improve the irrigation water productivity of Serbian potato production. Drip irrigation and PRD may, however, also increase the yield quality, and a 10-23% quality premium (price increase) is needed to make deficit drip irrigation and PRD profitable.