Implementing irrigation: Water balances and irrigation quality in the Lerma basin (Spain)

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Abrahao, R ^a   Causape J ^b   Garcia Garizabal I ^b,c   Merchan D ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro basin; Irrigation management; Lerma basin; Transition to irrigated land; Water use

Indexed keywords

EBRO BASIN; IRRIGATED LANDS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; LERMA BASIN; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

AQUIFER; BASIN MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EBRO BASIN; LERMA BASIN [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 81455153962     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Allen R., Pereira L., Raes D., Smith M. Crop Evapotranspiration. Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements 1998, FAO, Rome, Italy, (FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56).
2. Al-Jamal M.S., Ball S., Sammis T.W. Comparison of sprinkler, trickle and furrow irrigation efficiencies for onion production. Agric. Water Manage. 2001, 46(3):253-266.
3. Beltrán A. Estudio de suelos de la zona regable de Bardenas. II. Sectores: VIII, XI, X, XII y XIII 1986, Instituto Nacional de Reforma y Desarrollo Agrario, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Spain.
4. Burt C.M., Clemmens A.J., Strelkoff T.S., Solomon K.H., Bliesner R.D., Hardy L.A., Howell T.A., Eisenhauer D.E. Irrigation performance measures: efficiency and uniformity. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng.-ASCE 1997, 123(6):423-442.
5. Causapé J., Quílez D., Aragüés R. Assessment of irrigation and environmental quality at the hydrological basin level. I. Irrigation quality. Agric. Water Manage. 2004, 70(3):195-209.
6. Causapé J. A computer-based program for the assessment of water-induced contamination in irrigated lands. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2009, 158(1-4):307-314.
7. Cavero J., Beltrán A., Aragüés R. Nitrate exported in drainage waters of two sprinkler-irrigated watersheds. J. Environ. Qual. 2003, 32(3):916-926.
8. Charbonneau R., Kondolf G.M. Land use change in California, USA: nonpoint source water quality impacts. Environ. Manage. 1993, 17(4):453-460.
9. Chaudhry F.H. Nonuniform sprinkler irrigation application efficiency. J. Irrig. Drain. Div.-ASCE 1978, 104(2):165-178.
10. Clemmens A.J., Burt C.M. Accuracy of irrigation efficiency estimates. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 1997, 123(6):443-453.
11. Critchley W., Siegert K. Water Harvesting: A Manual for the Design and Construction of Water Harvesting Schemes for Plant Production 1991, FAO, Rome, Italy.
12. Cuenca R.H. Irrigation System Design. An Engineering Approach 1989, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, United States.
13. Custodio E., Llamas M. Hidrología Subterránea 1983, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, Spain.
14. Dechmi F., Playán E., Cavero J., Faci J.M., Martínez-Cob A. Wind effects on solid set sprinkler irrigation depth and yield of maize (Zea mays). Irrig. Sci. 2003, 22(2):67-77.
15. Doorenbos J., Kassam A.H. Yield Response to Water 1979, FAO, Rome, Italy, (FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 33).
16. Faci J.M., Bensaci A., Slatni A., Playán E. A case study for irrigation modernisation. I. Characterisation of the district and analysis of water delivery records. Agric. Water Manage. 2000, 42(3):313-334.
17. FAO Unlocking the Water Potential of Agriculture 2003, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, Rome, Italy.
18. FAO World Agriculture Towards 2015/2030. An FAO Perspective 2003, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, Rome, Italy.
19. Farré I., Faci J.M. Deficit irrigation in maize for reducing agricultural water use in a Mediterranean environment. Agric. Water Manage. 2009, 96(3):383-394.
20. García-Garizábal I., Causapé J., Abrahao R. Evolution of the efficiency and agro-environmental impact of a traditional irrigation land in the middle Ebro valley (2001-2007). Span. J. Agric. Res. 2009, 7(2):465-473.
21. García-Garizábal I., Causapé J., Abrahao R. Application of the irrigation land environmental evaluation tool for flood irrigation management and evaluation of water use. Catena 2011, 87:260-267.
22. Isaaks E., Srivastava R.M. An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics 1989, Oxford University, New York, United States.
23. Isidoro D., Quílez D., Aragüés R. Water balance and irrigation performance analysis: La Violada irrigation district (Spain) as a case study. Agric. Water Manage. 2004, 64(2):123-142.
24. Lecina S., Playán E., Isidoro D., Dechmi F., Causapé J., Faci J.M. Irrigation evaluation and simulation at the irrigation district V in Bardenas (Spain). Agric. Water Manage. 2005, 73(3):223-245.
25. Martínez-Cob, A., 2004. Revisión de las necesidades hídricas netas de los cultivos de la cuenca del Ebro. CHE internal document.
26. Playán E., Salvador R., Faci J.M., Zapata N., Martínez-Cob A., Sánchez I. Day and night wind drift and evaporation losses in sprinkler solid-sets and moving laterals. Agric. Water Manage. 2005, 76(3):139-159.
27. Rosegrant M.W., Ximing C., Cline S.A. Global Water Outlook to 2025. Averting an Impending Crisis 2002, International Food Policy Institute, Washington DC, United States.
28. Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 45. Version 1.0 1995, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, United States.
29. Soil Survey Staff Keys to Soil Taxonomy 1992, Pocahontas Press, Blacksburg, United States.
30. Tanji K.K., Kielen N.C. Agricultural Drainage Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Areas 2002, FAO, Rome, Italy, (FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 61).
31. Tedeschi A., Beltrán A., Aragüés R. Irrigation management and hydrosalinity balance in a semi-arid area of the middle Ebro river basin (Spain). Agric. Water Manage. 2001, 49(1):31-50.
32. Urdanoz V., Amezqueta E., Clavería I., Ochoa V., Aragües R. Mobile and georeferenced electromagnetic sensors and applications for salinity assessment. Span. J. Agric. Res. 2008, 6(3):469-478.
33. Wahl T. Winflume User's Manual 2000, United States Department of the Interior.
34. Zalidis G., Dimitriads X., Antonopoulos A., Geraki A. Estimation of a network irrigation efficiency to cope with reduced water supply. Irrig. Drain. Syst. 1997, 11(4):337-345.
35. Zapata N., Playan E., Martinez-Cob A., Sanchez I., Faci J.M., Lecina S. From on-farm solid-set sprinkler irrigation design to collective irrigation network design in windy areas. Agric. Water Manage. 2007, 87(2):187-199.
36. Zapata N., Playán E., Skhiri A., Burguete J. Simulation of a collective solidset sprinkler irrigation controller for optimum water productivity. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 2009, 135(1):13-24.