Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach
The HubIS project, through a participatory approach with stakeholders, identified the need to assess the hydraulic and energy performance of the Lucefecit Collective Irrigation System (LCIS) for co-designed future scenarios. With this aim, a tool was developed integrating on-farm demand driven water...
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| description | The HubIS project, through a participatory approach with stakeholders, identified the need to assess the hydraulic and energy performance of the Lucefecit Collective Irrigation System (LCIS) for co-designed future scenarios. With this aim, a tool was developed integrating on-farm demand driven water transport and distribution with energy use. The tool results from a participatory modelling process based on the SIGOPRAM software parameterized and tested for the LCIS current conditions (2022) using a comprehensive data set. The current scenario, in which only 48 % of the command area is irrigated, is characterized by good hydraulic performance, although pressure surpluses were detected in most outlets. Co-designed scenarios anticipate an increase in the irrigated area and a shift towards more water-intensive crops, which could result in up to a 163 % in the peak demand flow compared to the current situation. Even in the most demanding scenario, only a few irrigation outlets experience pressure deficits, accounting for 10 % of the irrigable area. Collaborative discussions with stakeholders resulted in a trade-off strategy between hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency. The tool provides the water users associations with an important basis for decision-making supported by system performance assessment, to ensure sustainability in water and energy use while taking in account future climate and agricultural changes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9885622b931544f0874e31b096c812592025-02-04T04:10:18ZengElsevierAgricultural Water Management1873-22832025-03-01309109355Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approachMaria do Rosário Cameira0Antónia Ferreira1Luis Boteta2Pedro Santos Fortes3Maria João Calejo4LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food-Research Center, Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda,Lisbon 1349-017, Portugal; Correspondence to: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisbon 1349-017, Portugal.LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food-Research Center, Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda,Lisbon 1349-017, PortugalCentro Operativo Tecnologia de Regadio, Quinta da Saúde, Apartado 354, Beja 7801-904, PortugalDepartamento de Sistemas de Información Geográfica de Aigües del Segarra Garrigues, S.A., SpainCOBA, SA, Avenida 5 de Outubro, 323, Lisboa 1600-011, PortugalThe HubIS project, through a participatory approach with stakeholders, identified the need to assess the hydraulic and energy performance of the Lucefecit Collective Irrigation System (LCIS) for co-designed future scenarios. With this aim, a tool was developed integrating on-farm demand driven water transport and distribution with energy use. The tool results from a participatory modelling process based on the SIGOPRAM software parameterized and tested for the LCIS current conditions (2022) using a comprehensive data set. The current scenario, in which only 48 % of the command area is irrigated, is characterized by good hydraulic performance, although pressure surpluses were detected in most outlets. Co-designed scenarios anticipate an increase in the irrigated area and a shift towards more water-intensive crops, which could result in up to a 163 % in the peak demand flow compared to the current situation. Even in the most demanding scenario, only a few irrigation outlets experience pressure deficits, accounting for 10 % of the irrigable area. Collaborative discussions with stakeholders resulted in a trade-off strategy between hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency. The tool provides the water users associations with an important basis for decision-making supported by system performance assessment, to ensure sustainability in water and energy use while taking in account future climate and agricultural changes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377425000691Irrigation networkHydraulic modellingSIGOPRAMPerformance indicatorsScenario analysis |
| spellingShingle | Maria do Rosário Cameira Antónia Ferreira Luis Boteta Pedro Santos Fortes Maria João Calejo Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach Agricultural Water Management Irrigation network Hydraulic modelling SIGOPRAM Performance indicators Scenario analysis |
| title | Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach |
| title_full | Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach |
| title_fullStr | Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach |
| title_short | Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach |
| title_sort | present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems a participatory modelling approach |
| topic | Irrigation network Hydraulic modelling SIGOPRAM Performance indicators Scenario analysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377425000691 |
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