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Water Users’ Associations in Spain: Governance and Water Management

WASAMED Workshop Participatory Water Saving Management and Water Cultural Heritage. Water Users’ Associations in Spain: Governance and Water Management. L. Mateos, I. Lorite, D. Lozano, E. Fereres Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC Córdoba, SPAIN. Presentation layout.

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Water Users’ Associations in Spain: Governance and Water Management

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  1. WASAMED WorkshopParticipatory Water Saving Management and Water Cultural Heritage Water Users’ Associations in Spain: Governance and Water Management L. Mateos, I. Lorite, D. Lozano, E. Fereres Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC Córdoba, SPAIN

  2. Presentation layout • Irrigation in Spain • Water Users’ Associations • Water management: study cases and tools • Conclusions

  3. Modern systems

  4. Open canal systems

  5. Historical irrigation

  6. Irrigation in Spain Agricultural area (%) Irrigated 13% Non-irrigated 87% Water source (%) Other 4% Groundwater 28% Surface water 68% 4 million hectares 80 % water consumption

  7. Irrigation in Spain National Irrigation Plan. Horizon 2008.

  8. Presentation layout • Irrigation in Spain • Water Users’ Associations • Water management: study cases and tools • Conclusions

  9. Water Users’ AssociationOrganizational structure General assembly Water jury Executive board Consultants, lawyers, auditors, etc. Manager Operations department Maintenance department Administration and financial department

  10. Presentation layout • Irrigation in Spain • Water Users’ Associations • Water management: study cases and tools • B-XII • Genil-Cabra • Conclusions

  11. Study irrigation scheme B-XII • Located in the Lower Guadalquivir Valley • Reclaimed land • Area: 14,643 ha • Number of farms: 1,141 • Crops: sugarbeet, cotton, tomato • Division: A, B, C B A C

  12. B-XII

  13. B-XII with SIMIS 1 Water Delivery Scheduling: Fixed Rotation

  14. B-XII with SIMIS 2 1 Water Delivery Scheduling: Fixed Rotation

  15. B-XII with SIMIS 2 1 3 Water Delivery Scheduling: Fixed Rotation

  16. B-XII with SIMIS 2 1 4 3 Water Delivery Scheduling: Fixed Rotation

  17. B-XII with SIMIS Alternative Water Delivery Schedule WDS-Current WDS-Alternative: Rotation Applying Gross Irrigation Requirements

  18. B-XII with SIMIS Scheduled water Irrig. req. max. yield WDS-Current-March WDS-Current-April WDS-Current-June

  19. B-XII with SIMIS Section Water Delivery Capacity

  20. Study irrigation scheme Genil-Cabra Most frequent crop (1996-97) Winter cereal Sunflower Cotton Garlic Olive trees Sugarbeet Fababeans Corn Asparragus Onion Other vegetables Other crops Urban area No crop - 7,000 ha - Started 1990 - Pressurized, on-demand

  21. Study irrigation scheme Genil-Cabra Measured applied water Irrig. req. max. yield

  22. Study irrigation scheme Genil-Cabra 2.4 ) 3 2.0 Garlic 1.6 1.2 Irrigation water productivity (€/m3) Productividad del agua (€/m G-C 0.8 Sugarbeet Olive Cotton 0.4 Sunflower Wheat Maiz 0.0 -0.4 -0.25 0.25 0.75 1.25 Riego requerido/Riego aplicado Measured applied water/Irrig. req. max. yield

  23. Irrigation Advisory Services Remote sensing ET Kc ETo

  24. Irrigation Advisory Services Vegetation Index. BXII. August 2003.

  25. Irrigation Advisory Services Remote sensing ET ETo Kc

  26. Conclusions • Water users’ associations are well established in Spain • The National Irrigation Plan will upgrade the irrigation infrastructure • Concepts, models and tools must be introduced to improve • irrigation management • irrigation sustainability • water productivity

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