| Irrigation and drainage system management
Contact person
Dr Laszlo G. Hayde - Senior
Lecturer
Contact person's address
Water Engineering
Department
IHE, PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands
Contact person's Telephone/Fax/Email
Tel
+31-15-2151 820 Fax +31-15-2122 921 Email:
[email protected]
Type of programme: Classroom/laboratory
Field-based:
Module of an M.Sc. Programme Hydraulic Engineering. Land and Water
Development
Certificate
Certificate of participation
Frequency of programme
Annual
Programme's main focus:
Legislation/Financing and
incentive structure.
Enhancement of the capabilities of water
professionals.
Programme prospectus
The aim of the module is to
create an understanding of the various activities and methods needed to manage
irrigation and drainage systems; to interact with the infrastructural, physical
and socio-economic and legal environment and to provide the tools to improve
irrigation system performance.
After undertaking this module the participants should be able
to:
- Formulate objectives for irrigation, identify
irrigation policies and different water delivery arrangements, perceive the
different levels of water delivery service and its associated costs, design
water delivery systems, draw up a service agreement and design an action plan
for its implementation, design an irrigation monitoring and evaluation system
and understand the requirements for organization of the management of irrigation
and drainage systems.
- Select a suitable flow control system, the
appurtenant flow control structures and specify the operation rules of the
structures and social implications of applied irrigation techniques for
different users.
- Have a basic insight into the need and format of laws
pertaining to the development and use of water resources and have a general
understanding of law, legislation, common law and traditions.
- Have a basic
understanding of the importance of all environmental and social aspects that
complete the determination of the feasibility of any land development
project.
- Describe the economic feasibility of land development projects and
have a first understanding of financial reporting.
The syllabus of the module is:
- Irrigation and drainage system management
-
Sociological aspects
- Water law
- Flow control systems
- Economic and
financial analyses
Target group: Junior professionals/Mid-career
professionals
Programme www:
http://www.ihe.nl/education/Masters/he.htm
Dates/duration: Six weeks, February - March
Language: English
Partners: Guest lecturers from universities, research
institutes, water management agencies and government agencies |
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and
Environmental Engineering
Acronym
UNESCO - IHE
Country
The Netherlands
Address
IHE
PO Box 3015
2601 DA Delft
The
Netherlands
Tel +31-15-2151 715
Fax +31-15-2122 921
E-mail
[email protected]
Institute/organization
www
http://www.ihe.nl/vmp/contentsHomePage.html
Brief description of institution/organization
IHE's
vision is a world in which people control their water and environmental
resources in a sustainable manner, in which all sectors of society, particularly
the poor, can enjoy the benefits of the basic services. IHE's mission is to
contribute to the education and training of capable professionals and to build
the capacity of knowledge centres and other organizations in the fields of
water, the environment and infrastructure in developing countries and countries
in transition.
IHE offers a range of Masters and Ph.D. degree programmes, as
well as shorter certificate and tailor-made training courses. These courses
annually attract professionals of more than 70 different nationalities. IHE's
research and development activities, including Ph.D. research, focus on priority
areas of immediate concern to developing countries and countries in transition.
These activities also aim to contribute to the overall knowledge base in a wide
range of fields covered by each of IHE's main themes for research, education and
institutional development. Five research themes are distinguished at IHE. These
are water security, environmental integrity, urbanization, integration and
information and communication. |
