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Integrated water resource systems: theory and policy implications

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1996ISBN:
  • 92-9090-326-0. ISSN 1026-0862
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 96-094191
 In: Research Report (IIMI). no. 3 Colombo (Sri Lanka). IIMI. 1996. 19 pSummary: This paper is an attempt to present the concept of integrated water resource systems (IWS) as clearly and simply as possible. It focuses on the irrigation sector, which is by far the largest and most complex user of water in the world. It shows how the classical concept of irrigation efficiency can lead to erroneous conclusions and serious mismanagement of scarce water resources. This is because the classical approach ignores the potential reuse of irrigation return flows, in other words, it fails to consider the integrated nature of water resource systems. The concept of effective efficiency, which by accounting for the amount of freshwater effectively consumed, overcoming the limitations of the classical approach is introduced
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4 fig., 4 tables, 2 ref IIMI, POB 2075 Colombo - Sri Lanka

This paper is an attempt to present the concept of integrated water resource systems (IWS) as clearly and simply as possible. It focuses on the irrigation sector, which is by far the largest and most complex user of water in the world. It shows how the classical concept of irrigation efficiency can lead to erroneous conclusions and serious mismanagement of scarce water resources. This is because the classical approach ignores the potential reuse of irrigation return flows, in other words, it fails to consider the integrated nature of water resource systems. The concept of effective efficiency, which by accounting for the amount of freshwater effectively consumed, overcoming the limitations of the classical approach is introduced

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