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EWUP TECHNICAL REPORT 71
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IMPACT OF TURNOUT SIZE AND CONDITION ON WATER MANAGEMENT ON FARMS
By
Eldon G Hanson Mona EI-Kady Kenneth E Litwiller
and Alan C Early
December 1984
EGYRT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT
22 El Galaa St Bulak Cairo Egypt
IMPACT OF TURNOUT SIZE AND CONDITION ON WATER MANAGEMENT ON FARMS
By
Eldon G Hanson Mona El-Kady Kenneth E Litwiller
and Alan C Early
EWUP PROJECT TECHNICAL REPORT NO 71
Prepared under support of
WATER DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE WATER RESEARCH CENTER
MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT
Contracting agencies
Colorado State University Consortium for International Engineering Research Center DevelopmentFt Collins Colorado 80521 5151 E Broadway Ste 1500 USA Tucson Arizona 85711 USA
All reported opinions conclusions or recommendations are those of the writers
and not those of the supporting or contracting agencies
ABSTRACT
The following report describes the legal irrigation turnouts to mesqas and
reviews the design assumptions legal implications and current utility of the existing
methods in Egypt The legal limitations currently imposed upon the turnouts based
on specific site measurements are presented together with the responses from the
Ministry of Irrigation and farmers to the inadequacies of the current turnouts
Data collected from the field sites indicates the necessity of increasing the size
of turnouts in accordance with irrigation demands for the season and crops grown
throughout Egypt The recommended larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
irtudes the design modification requirements of modified inlet shapes and provision
for trash guards These larger gated turnouts will require an irrigation technician to
assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper function and to interface with
the farmers regarding their irrigation scheduling In addition to recommendations
regarding closer management between the irrigation technician and the farmers it
is suggested that training centers be established to assist in the development of
water distribution management methods between the irrigation engineers and the
water users associations
ARABIC ABSTRACT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
English Abstract Arabic Abstract U Table of Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures v Acknowledgements vi
INTRODUCTION
Background Objectives 1
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT 3
Description 3 Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts 6
LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS 7
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration 7 Excessive Assigned Areas 9 Unfavorable Entrance Conditions 9 Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins 12 Inadequate Operating Head 13
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation 15 Farmer Responses 17
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
REFERENCES 21
CONVERSION TABLE 22
LIST OF EWUP REPORTS 23
iii
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
iv
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
2
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Mansuriya Peninsula
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n EWUP Field Sites
(not to scale)
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
4
Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
6
The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
EGYRT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT
22 El Galaa St Bulak Cairo Egypt
IMPACT OF TURNOUT SIZE AND CONDITION ON WATER MANAGEMENT ON FARMS
By
Eldon G Hanson Mona El-Kady Kenneth E Litwiller
and Alan C Early
EWUP PROJECT TECHNICAL REPORT NO 71
Prepared under support of
WATER DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE WATER RESEARCH CENTER
MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT
Contracting agencies
Colorado State University Consortium for International Engineering Research Center DevelopmentFt Collins Colorado 80521 5151 E Broadway Ste 1500 USA Tucson Arizona 85711 USA
All reported opinions conclusions or recommendations are those of the writers
and not those of the supporting or contracting agencies
ABSTRACT
The following report describes the legal irrigation turnouts to mesqas and
reviews the design assumptions legal implications and current utility of the existing
methods in Egypt The legal limitations currently imposed upon the turnouts based
on specific site measurements are presented together with the responses from the
Ministry of Irrigation and farmers to the inadequacies of the current turnouts
Data collected from the field sites indicates the necessity of increasing the size
of turnouts in accordance with irrigation demands for the season and crops grown
throughout Egypt The recommended larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
irtudes the design modification requirements of modified inlet shapes and provision
for trash guards These larger gated turnouts will require an irrigation technician to
assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper function and to interface with
the farmers regarding their irrigation scheduling In addition to recommendations
regarding closer management between the irrigation technician and the farmers it
is suggested that training centers be established to assist in the development of
water distribution management methods between the irrigation engineers and the
water users associations
ARABIC ABSTRACT
- Ldl L I p~ i tIi-L- Li ILL L ~I$ WL4L t
- W ) LA 8 4 I J j a~~ J-GJL L y ~ W I diC IJ
L 1L W3-- Lr C-I I d L V
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
English Abstract Arabic Abstract U Table of Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures v Acknowledgements vi
INTRODUCTION
Background Objectives 1
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT 3
Description 3 Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts 6
LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS 7
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration 7 Excessive Assigned Areas 9 Unfavorable Entrance Conditions 9 Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins 12 Inadequate Operating Head 13
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation 15 Farmer Responses 17
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
REFERENCES 21
CONVERSION TABLE 22
LIST OF EWUP REPORTS 23
iii
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
iv
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
2
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Mansuriya Peninsula
SSuez
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El Mininai
n EWUP Field Sites
(not to scale)
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
3
(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
4
Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
6
The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
ABSTRACT
The following report describes the legal irrigation turnouts to mesqas and
reviews the design assumptions legal implications and current utility of the existing
methods in Egypt The legal limitations currently imposed upon the turnouts based
on specific site measurements are presented together with the responses from the
Ministry of Irrigation and farmers to the inadequacies of the current turnouts
Data collected from the field sites indicates the necessity of increasing the size
of turnouts in accordance with irrigation demands for the season and crops grown
throughout Egypt The recommended larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
irtudes the design modification requirements of modified inlet shapes and provision
for trash guards These larger gated turnouts will require an irrigation technician to
assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper function and to interface with
the farmers regarding their irrigation scheduling In addition to recommendations
regarding closer management between the irrigation technician and the farmers it
is suggested that training centers be established to assist in the development of
water distribution management methods between the irrigation engineers and the
water users associations
ARABIC ABSTRACT
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- W ) LA 8 4 I J j a~~ J-GJL L y ~ W I diC IJ
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
English Abstract Arabic Abstract U Table of Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures v Acknowledgements vi
INTRODUCTION
Background Objectives 1
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT 3
Description 3 Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts 6
LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS 7
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration 7 Excessive Assigned Areas 9 Unfavorable Entrance Conditions 9 Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins 12 Inadequate Operating Head 13
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation 15 Farmer Responses 17
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
REFERENCES 21
CONVERSION TABLE 22
LIST OF EWUP REPORTS 23
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
4
Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
ARABIC ABSTRACT
- Ldl L I p~ i tIi-L- Li ILL L ~I$ WL4L t
- W ) LA 8 4 I J j a~~ J-GJL L y ~ W I diC IJ
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
English Abstract Arabic Abstract U Table of Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures v Acknowledgements vi
INTRODUCTION
Background Objectives 1
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT 3
Description 3 Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts 6
LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS 7
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration 7 Excessive Assigned Areas 9 Unfavorable Entrance Conditions 9 Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins 12 Inadequate Operating Head 13
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation 15 Farmer Responses 17
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
REFERENCES 21
CONVERSION TABLE 22
LIST OF EWUP REPORTS 23
iii
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
iv
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
2
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Mansuriya Peninsula
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(not to scale)
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
3
(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
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PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
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MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
English Abstract Arabic Abstract U Table of Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures v Acknowledgements vi
INTRODUCTION
Background Objectives 1
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT 3
Description 3 Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts 6
LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS 7
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration 7 Excessive Assigned Areas 9 Unfavorable Entrance Conditions 9 Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins 12 Inadequate Operating Head 13
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation 15 Farmer Responses 17
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
REFERENCES 21
CONVERSION TABLE 22
LIST OF EWUP REPORTS 23
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE
1 Computed Discharge Rates and Maximum Areas Served by Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts 5
2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required for Computed ET in Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With LegalTurnouts Delivering 119 mmday in J uly 8
3 Comparison of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Turnouts With Comsumptive Use Requirements in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981) 10
4 Comparison of Theoretical Water Delivery With Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long 11
5 Inflow to Manshiya Mesga from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 14
6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator 16
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE DESCRIPT IONS PAGE
I EWUP Site Map 2
2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesqas 4
3 Entrance Loss Coefficient For Conduits 4
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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(not to scale)
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to express their thanks and appreciation for the
contributions made to this paper by the staff of the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project and to the field teams at Mansuriya Kafr El Sheikh and
El Minya
The Project is funded jointly by the Arab Republic of Egypt and by the
United States Agency for International Development The United States
Agency for International Development in Egypt is under the directorship of
Mr Michael P W Stone Mr John Foster is the United States Agency for
International Development Project Officer for the Egypt Water Use and
Management Project
The Egypt Water Use and Management Project is implemented under the
auspices of the Ministry of Irrigations Water Management and Irrigation
Technologies Research Institute and in collaboration with both the Ministry of
Irrigation and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Soil and Water Research
Institute and the Agriculture Economics Institute which provide the Project
with personnel and services
The Consortium tor International Development with executive offices in
Tucson Arizona is the United States Agency for International Development
Contractor for the Project American Project personnel are drawn from the
faculties of Colorado State University the lead American university taking
part in the Project Oregon State University New Mexico State University
and Montana State University The Project Director is Dr Hassan Wahby and
the Project Technical Director is Dr Eugene Quenemoen Dr E V
Richardson is the Campus Project Coordinator
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
INTRODUCTION
Background
Legal size criteria for turnouts to mesgas have been established in Egypt based on area served and the operating head Both legally sized and illegally sized turnouts have been observed by the WaterEgypt Use and Management Project (EWUP) at three research sites where pilot programs have been conducted (Figure 1) These sites located at Abu Raya (Lower Egypt EI-Mansuriya (Middle Egypt) and Abyuha (Upper Egypt) are served by the Daqalt Beni Magdul and El-Hammami and Abyuha distributary canals respectively Turnouts as conventionally used in Egypt consist of a circular pipe without a gate and have various inadequacies in irrigation practice The need for changes in legal turnouts was expressed by researchers as early as 192 (El-Kady and Robinson) On the one hand the legal turnouts were too small at Abyuha to deliver the rate of discharge required for gravity operation of the system and to irrigate the newly introduced long furrows and long basins On the other hand the summed capacity of all of the turnouts on a given distributary often exceeded the designed maximum capacity of the canal by 50 100to (EI-Kady and Robinson) These investigators stated that It is hardly surprising that difficulty is often experienced in getting water to the tail of canals and a more equitable means of distribution is obviously desirable
One solution would be to equip the turnouts with gates but this implies the need for trained people to manipulate the gates according to a schedule and farmers who are organized to receive the water and to achieve the desired equity of distribution Altered designs will be particularly important in areas where the further intensification of agriculture will require the mechanization of field operations If this trend continues over the remainder of the century the small basins that are in current use will need to be replaced by long basins and furrows and irrigation management will require further intensification
Objectives
This report has the following objectives
(1) Describe legal turnouts in Egypt review their design assumptions and discuss their current utility
(2) Present some of the limitation of legal turnouts based on specific site measurements and calculations for various field conditions
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Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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Alexandria -eik I
PrSinaiKaf r
Mansuriya Peninsula
SSuez
M
El Mininai
n EWUP Field Sites
(not to scale)
swFu 1gt tA an
Figure 1 Egypt Water Use and Management Project Site Map
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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(3) Discuss the responses to the Ministry of Irrigation and of farmers to the
inadequacies of the current legal turnouts and
(4) Demonstrate the need for larger capacity turnouts with adjustable gates
to accomodate the further intensification of irrigation system
management in the Old Lands of Egypt
LEGAL TURNOUTS IN EGYPT
Description
The current legal turnouts used in Egypt are the structural interface for water
control between the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) and the farmer water users They
were designed in the early part of this century as ungated circular pipes They have
legal status and are not to be changed without MO permission They were designed
with specific diameters to serve a range of areas with an assumed operating head of
025 meters as shown in Figure 2 This combination of diameter and head was
chosen to supply a volume of water of 50 cubic meters per feddan per day if
operated for 24 hours This fixed volume of water was intended to serve a range of
areas Table I provides a comparison of the ranges of areas served for turnouts of a
specific diameter that are 10 meters long as originally specified by Dupuis in 1902
and as recalculated by Hindmarch and Butcher in 1925 (EI-Kady and Robinson)
Hindmarch and Butcher noted that the original Dupuis areas were too small and
recommended that the areas be increased as shown in column 3 of the Table 1 If
the turnouts were operated 24 hours per day to serve the maximum area in each
diameter category as suggested by Hindmarch and Butcher (upper value in
column 3) the assumed delivery of 50 cubic meters per feddan per on-day is
converted into liters per second in column 4 The discharge rates in column 5 are
computed using the Darcy-Weisbach equation as shown below
Q = 1O000TD 42-4 LID+ +K e
where
Q = discharge of the pipe in liters per second g = acceleration due to gravity H = head operating on the pipe in meters f = friction factor = 002 from standard references L = length of the pipe in meters D = diameter of pipe in meters and K = entrance coefficient for pipe (from Figure 2)e
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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Figure 2 Typical Turnout for Delivery of Canal Water to Mesgas
KC=078 Kc=O50 1 00 5= z- 5--- 020 010 bull I 0 D gt020 005
Inward Square Rounded Projecting Entrance Entrance
Figure 3 Entrance Loss Coefficients For Conduits (From US SCS Engineering Handbook Hydraulics Section 5 1951 and Mavis The Hydraulics of Culverts Penn Eng Expt Sta Bull 56 1943)
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
6
The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
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MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
TABLE I Computed Discharge Rates and Maxinx-n Areas Served By Selected Diameters of Legal Turnouts Assume Water Duty of 50 m3Feddanday which equals 119 mmday
Col I Col 2 Col3 Co14 Col 5 Col 6
Areas Served by Turnouts Computed Rate of Flow Computed Maximum Area I0m long Served Applyling 119mmday
Diameter To Apply With Darcy Weis-With Flow Rates in Col 5
of pipe By Dupuis By Hindmarch 50m3fedday bach friction (D) (feddans) and Butcher on maximum areas factor f=02
(cms) (feddans) in Col 32 and formula a (Zsec) (9sec) (feddans)
100 0-10 0-13 75 91 16 125 11-20 14-22 127 151 26 150 21-30 23-34 197 227 39 175 31-45 35-49 284 319 55 200 46-65 50-67 388 427 74 225 66-85 68-88 509 553 96 250 86-110 89-1Il 642 694 120 275 111-135 112-138 799 853 147 300 136-165 139-167 966 1028 178 350 166-235 168-236 1366 1429 247 400 236-315 237-316 1829 1898 328 450 316-405 317-406 2350 2434 421 500 406-510 407-513 2969 3037 525 550 511-625 514-630 3646 3708 641 600 626-760 631-760 4398 4446 768
Dr Mona EI-Kady and A R Robinson EWUP Manuscript Improvement of Egyptian Irrigation Outlets April 1981
2 Q = 05787 x Area ( 2sec)
3 Q = 1000 D2 2gH 4 F LD +1 + Ke (Rsec) with f = 002 Ke = 065 L= I0m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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The turnout discharge rate computed column 5 using the friction factor value of f = 002 is considered representative of the quality of concrete or tile pipe
currently used in Egypt - An entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 was estimated for the conditions in Figure 2 interpolated midway between the square entrance (Ke =
050) and the inward projecting (K = 078) in Figure 2 If the depth equivalent e(119 millimeters per day) of the volume 50 cubic meters per feddan per day were
applied as assumed and using the discharge rate of column 5 the areas served are predicted in column 6 for comparison to the areas in columns 2 and 3 used by the earlier researchers A simple comparison indicates that the currently available pipe materials have the ability to serve areas from 1 to 23 larger than originally
designed if all of the assumptions are considered valid
Utility of the Current Legal Turnouts The operation of the irrigation system is done on a rotational basis Deliveries
during the summer cropping season are generally based on a two-turn rotation (4 days on and 4 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off) and on a three-turn rotation during the winter cropping (4 days on and 8 days off or 7 days on and 14 days off) Farmers are generally well informed about their turn during the on-period The main utility of the current system of turnouts without gates is the simplicity of operations Without gates there is no need for a ditch rider or irrigation technician
to adjust discharges according to a predetermined schedule The person who operates the headgates of distributaries and regulators along distributaries is the gatekeeper who merely adjusts the gate at the beginning of the on-period and closes it at the end of the on-period 4 to 7 days later as well as adjusting the flow
at the regulators
During the on-period the water flows from the distributary canals through the ungated turnouts into mesqas day and night even though irrigation is not generally practiced at night A considerable part of the water flows unused to the drains which has amounted to as much as 50 of the water released for irrigation (TR 47 EWUP) The currently used system of management is simple minimizes the personnel requirement for managing water to the mesoa but comes at the cost of
considerable quantities of wasted water
- Personal communication with W 0 Ree retired director of the USDA Hydraulics Laboratory The original f and K assumptions are not currently known to the authors e
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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LIMITAI IONS OF LEGAL TURNOUTS
Legal Rates Less Than Evapotranspiration Calculations based on measured rates of crop water requirements have
indicated that the current rates of delivery are less than actual evapotranspiration without adjustment for losses in conveyance or application Using actual calculated evapotranspiration rates as a fraction of the potential evapotranspiration for lower middle and upper Egypt as presented by the Ministry of irrigations (MOI) Water Master Plan (1981) continuous supply of water at the rate of 119 millimeters per day would provide adequate water if on-farm irrigation efficiencies ranged from 45 to 67 as shown in Table 2 These are calculated for the month of July as the peak period of evaporative demand The problem is however that the system does not deliver water continuously but is operated in a two-turn rotation during this period Therefore it receives only half of that amount of 595 millimeters per day Note that this would provide a sufficient quantity of water for an assumed 89 on-farm irrigation efficiency only in lower Egypt and that the amount of available water is not sufficient to meet actual evapotranspiration in middle or upper Egypt This is not possible even with 24 hour per day irrigation and continuous delivery in the distributary
Water measurements on conventional unlevel basins in Abu Raya have shown that it is difficult to obtain on-farm efficiencies greater than 50 on vertisols and using unlined channels (IR 41 EWUP) Assuming that this efficiency applies in irrigating 49 feddans the maximum area assigned to a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth of water that could be delivered 24 hours per day with continuous flow in the canal would be 595 millimeters per day adequate for only lower Egypt if the area were 35 feddans as the minimum for a 175 centimeter turnout the effective depth delivered 24 hours per day would be 834 millimeters per day adequate for all areas of Egypt as shown in Table 2 However if a two-turn rotation and daylight hour irrigation are used the quantity of water that can be stored for the range of 35 to 49 fuddans would not be adequate anywhere in Egypt for the month of July Similar cases can be made for all turnout sizes
On-farm improvements can lead to higher on-farm efficiencies (Ley etal 1984) of 50 for the conventional practices and 75 for the conditions of precision leveled fields and lined channels are assumed A comparison of the resultant stored water for the two efficiencies is shown in Table 3 The two-turn rotation would result in 298 millimeters per day for conventional practices at 50 efficiency and
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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TABLE 2 Minimum Irrigation Efficiencies Required For Computed ETin Major Areas of Egypt By Irrigation With Legal TurnoutsDelivering 119 mmday in July
Evapotranspiration ET (Peak Month July)
Area Irrigation Efficiency
Potential ETo _ Computed ET Percent (Average) mmday
Lower 678 5322 45
Middle 764 674-3 57
Upper 906 7994 67
I MOI 1981 (See References) 2 Mona EI-Kady and Eldon G Hanson El-Hammami Irrigation System
and Actions for Improvement EWUP Manuscript Report July 1983
3 TR 46 (See References)
4 ET for Upper Egypt computed by extrapolation using Middle Egypt El and the ratio of Elo for Upper Egypt to ETo for Middle Egypt Thus 674(906) 764 = 799 mmday
Computed by dividing ET mmday by 119 mmday
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
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446 millimeters per day for improved practices These quantities of equivalent daily available water are contrasted with the actual daily quantities of evapotranspiration for cotton corn sugar cane and sorghum in upper middle and lower Egypt The quotient of water available to water required under 50 assumed efficiency ranges from 031 to 052 With on-farm improvements the ratios are only marginally improved to 045 to 078 for the range of crops considered
These limitations of evapotranspiration due to constrained turnout flow rates will apply to those areas where the water table is low when the water lost due to seepage and percolation materially contributes to a shallow water table substantial quantities of upward flow under capillary pressure gradients will add to the quantity of water stored in the soil to supply evapotranspiration needs Measurements of daytime versus nighttime rates of water table recession at Raya andAbu Beni Magdul indicate that as much as one-half of the crop water requirements may be supplied by the water table (TR 61 EWUP)
Excessive Assigned Areas
Areas assigned to legal turnouts of specified diameters as currently used by the MOI are showing in Table 4 These areas are comparable to those of both Dupuit and Hindmarch and Butcher in Table I For example the maximum area served by the 60 centimeter diameter in Table I is 760 feddans while in current practice the value is listed as 876 feddans an increase of 15 Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow with f = 002 and Ke = 065 for the maximum areas for each diameter the computed delivery depth varies from 101 to 117 millimeters per day These values are up to 14 short of the theoretical daily rate of 119 millimeters per day The trend has been for the areas assigned to given turnout sizes to be increased from early in this century to the present date
Unfavorable Entrance Conditions
With an entrance coefficient of Ke = 065 the f - factor would have to be less than zero for the turnout diameters larger than 35 centimeters in Table 4 to deliver 119 millimeters per day Even if the square edged entrance conditions prevail with K = 050e the diameters larger than 65 centimeters would require frictionless pipe to deliver the legal quantity of water to the areas shown in Table 4 Entrance conditions observed in field installations have ranged from inward projecting to rounded entrance shown in Figure 2
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
TABLE 3 Comparison Of Peak Month Crop Consumptive Use As Limited By Inadequate Capacity Of Legal Trunouts With
Consumptive Use Requirements Published in Master Plan 17 by the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI 1981)
Water for Consumptive Use Consumptive Use of Crops During July Crops Range of Ratios of Water
Area provided by Legal Turnouts as published by the Ministry of Irrigation Deliveries by Legal Turnouts
of during Two-Turn Rotation with in Wdrer Master Plan Techincal Report 17 to Consumptive Use for Crops
Egypt Irrigation Efficiencies Eif by Irrigation Efficiencies
I Col I Col 2 Col3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8
Eif = 75 Eif = 50 Cotton Corn Sugar Cane Sorghum Ei = 75 Ei = 50
mnday mmday mmday mmday nmday mmday percent percent
UPPER 446 298 762 770 978 616 45 to 72 31 to 49
MIDDLE 446 298 703 726 657 - 61 to 68 41 to 45
LOWER 446 298 570 651 - 69 to 78 46 to 52
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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TABLE 4 Comparison of Theoretical 1Water Delivery with Computed Water Delivery Using a Ministry of Irrigation Table of Areas Served by Legal Turnouts 10 m Long
Pipe Area Computed Delivery Theoretical Delivery Diameter Served Delivery Shortage
(D) Depth Flow Rate Depth
cms Feddans sec 2 mmday mmday percent
10 16 91 1173 119 1 125 28 151 1110 119 7 15 44 227 1062 119 11 175 62 319 1060 119 11 20 85 427 1037 119 13 225 112 553 1018 119 13 25 139 694 1031 119 13 275 173 853 1017 119 14 30 207 1028 1025 119 14 35 289 1429 1020 119 14 40 383 1898 1022 119 14 45 489 2434 1027 119 14 50 609 3037 1029 119 14 55 732 3708 1045 119 12 60 876 4446 1047 119 12 65 1036 5252 1042 119 12 70 1205 6126 1046 119 12 75 1400 7067 1038 119 12 80 1590 8075 1048 119 12 85 1807 9152 1042 119 12 90 2034 10296 1041 119 12 95 2281 11508 1038 119 12 100 2523 12790 1045 119 12
Based on an operating head of 025 m at the turnout discharging 50 m 3 feddanday which equals a depth of 119 mmday
2 Kamal Ezz El-Din and Ahmed Dardir (with support of Kafr El-Sheikh Team) Survey of Outlets on Daqalt Canal Downstream on Helal Regulator Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt Water Use and Management Project Ministry of Irrigation Egypt December 1980 Unpublished
Q = 1000 lTD2 VgH 4F LD +I+ Ke(Wsec) with f =002 Ke=O65 L = 10 m H = 025 m and D = pipe diameter meters
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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Another factor that influences the entrance conditions and unfavorably influences the flow is the accumulation of trash at the inlet of the turnout The accumulation of plant materials and branches could cause the entrance coefficient to exceed 10 and has the marked effect of reducing the flow available to the mesga
Favorable entrance conditions would include the rounded entrance condition that is shown in Figure 2 For the configuration the entrance coefficient drops to as low as K e - 005 which would increase the flow rate 19 for pipe of 050 meter diameter 10 meter length f = 002 and assumed operating head of 025 meter The addition of the standard self-cleaning type of trash guards on the inlets of legal turnouts would minimize the problem of trash impeding the flow
Large Turnouts to Irrigate Long Basins Measurements at EWUP Project Sites have shown that flow rates into basins
100 meters long should be 25 liter per second per meter of basin width for the efficient application of the Vertisol clay soils Larger flow rates would be required for longer basins and for sandier soils (IR 41 EWUP) With the introduction of 10 meter by 100 meter basins a practical size for modern tillage and harvesting machinery the required inflow would be 25 liters per second at the field inlet and increased to compensate for conveyance losses back to the head of the mesga Allowing for between 20 and 40 conveyance loss in the marwa andor mesga back to the mesqa turnout (TRs 35 41 61 EWUP) would increase the requirement to between 30 and 35 liters per second As can be seen in Table 1 the 20 125 and 15 centimeter diameters would not provide sufficient discharge to irrigate even a single long basin efficiently Therefore the use of long basins would in effect dictate the minimum size of turnout to a small mesca For the larger turnouts the number of long basins that could be simultaneously irrigated would depend on the number of times that 30 liters per second can be divided into the turnout discharge rate Simultaneous irrigation of several long basins implies the need for an intermediate level of rotational schedule along the various reaches of the mesQa as well as the lowest level of rotation among the farmers who share a farm turnout from the mesqa or saqoj lifting point Both the intermediate and lowest levels of rotation are within the highest level of rotation which is determined by the on-period and off-priod rotation
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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At Beni Magdul the original Mesga 10 was replaced by an elevated watercourse to use a single point lift at the head of the esga and gravity delivery (IR 22
EWUP) The design discharge was 636 liters per second to serve 57 feddans of 11 liters
per second per feddan Likewise the El-Hammami Pipeline was designed with a peak discharge capacity of 760 liters per second to serve 776 feddans of 10 liters per second per feddan (TR 21 EWUP) These rates were based on irrigation schedules of 16 hours per day for long basins and are nearly twice the rate for the current legal turnouts
Experience of the EWUP Project has shown that the flow rates provided by legal turnouts are adaptable to small basin irrigation only If modern irrigation methods are to be used for the intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt irrigation flcw rates currently available from turnoutslegal must change dramatically
Inadequate Operating Head The assumed operating head of 025 meters is not always available throughout
the system and through time As an example a summary of a continuous flow record from a water stage recorder in the Daqalt Canal and the Manshiya Mesga at Abu Raya is shown in Table 5 At no time during the period of record did the operating head reach as high as 025 meters The range of head was 0045 to 0186 meter during the 263 day period This low head situation is the rule rather than the exception from all the records taken during the EWUP Project This mesoa serves 2465 feddans and receives water from a 40 centimeter diameter turnout which is the legal size for 237 to 317 feddans (Table 2) The volume of water received during this period was 31334 cubic meters equivalent 115 millimeters daily or nearly 97 of the theoretical amount If the turnout had served 237 feddans it would have received just 119 millimeters per day the theoretical requirement For 316 feddans the depth would have been 90 millimeters per day or only 75 of the theoretical requirement
The influence of the farmers irrigation practices on the operating head is shown in Table 4 Farmers commenced irrigation early in the morning after the overnight flow had filled channel storage Farmers withdrew water until they finished their field until pumping lifts became excessive for the _sagias or until the channel storage was depleted operating head the turnout wasThe on the lowest when the irrigation began and the highest around noon or early afternoon to evening
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TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
14
TABLE 5 Inflow to Manshiya Hesqa from the Daqalt Canal Between 1530 August 3 and 0630 August 6 1983 (Area Served by the Mesga was 2465 feddans)
Date Relative Time of Head Loss in Rate of Inflow Volume of Inflow
Water Surface Day Turnout mn2 1 From Canal to During Time 3 3
Levels High Mesqa msec- Periods m
or Lowl
Aug3 High 1530 150 1470 Low 1945 186 1637 2337
Aug4 High 0530 093 1158 4905 Low 1237 170 1565 4468
High 1507 109 1253 253
Low 1952 134 1389 2259
Aug5 High 0531 123 1331 4774 Low 1015 157 1504 2364
High 1545 158 1509 2983
Low 1915 165 1542 2197
Aug6 High 0630 045 0805 4753
TOTAL TIME 263 days Total 31334
High and Low Water-Surface Levels in the Canal and Mesqa occurred almost
simultaneously
2 Size of Turnout Diamtrer D = 04m Length L = 10 m
3 Q 10007 D2 12gH4 FLD +1 +Ke Zsec with f =002 Ke=065 L = 1mand D = 04 m
H = the operating head loss as measured in meters
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when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
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TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
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AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
15
when irrigation was stopped These data were taken in the month of August which is not the peak period of irrigation demand Serious problems of water delivery do occur in peak demand periods when operating head is reduced to less than the assumed levw
The Abyuha Distributary System was renovated to raise the operating level in the Abyuha Canal and the mesgas to provide gravity irrigation to all the service area (TR 46 EWUP) The mesqas were redesigned with efficient cross-sections and without channel storage to minimize the land taken from production This redesign used minimum rates of flow that are required for irrigating long basins as discussed earlier In no case was 025 meters of operating head available for the turnouts to the mesgas To satisfy these design requirements for long basins turnout diameters and areas irrigated were radically adjusted The turnout diameters ranged from 20 centimeters for areas of 2 to 5 feddans up to 70 centimeters for areas of 65 to 84 feddans The corresponding flow rates were approximately 23 liters per second per feddan as compared to 058 for legal turnouts All turnouts were designed to have gates and operation of the system is predicted on the development and adoption of joint management of t e system by an Irrigation Technician representing the MO[ and the Water Users Association of Abyuha representing the farmers (TR59 EWUP) This pilot effort using joint management principles will start once the system rehabilitation is completed
RESPONSES TO LIMITATIONS
Ministry of Irrigation During periods of high irrigation demand as for rice crops in June and July
the Ministry of Irrigation (MOI) delivers extra water to raise the water level in the Meet Yazeed Canal serving the Daqalt Distributary (Table 6) The increase from May to July is approximately 034 meter while the head increase in the Daqalt is estimated to reach only 020 meter At the turnouts to mesgas this head increase is possibly further depleted to less than 020 because of the backwater effect of higher water levels in the mesgas Using the Darcy-Weisbach equation with a 20 meter head increase from 025 to 045 on the turnout would increase the discharge byapproximately 34 from the theoretical discharge This would partially compensatefor the shortages discussed earlier The MOI also responds to farmer requestschanneled through their elected representatives that ultimately reach the district engineer These requests often are answered through extensions of the on-period which may cause some disadvantage to another part of the system
16
TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
18
Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
19
10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
20
3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
16
TABLE 6 Average Monthly Water Levels in the Meet Yazzeed Canal at the Daqalt Regulator
Month 1978 1979 1980
Jan 282 275 Feb 284 292 295 Mar 316 307 303 Apr 319 302 305 May 312 305 J une 330 339 J uly 346 Aug 336 Sept 320 Oct 304 289 Nov 293 282 Dec 296 297
Average 314 (Excludes January Closure Period)
I W 0 Ree TDY Report January 5 1983 from EWUP Files at Kafr EI-Sheikh
17
Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
18
Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
19
10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
20
3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
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EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
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Farmer Responses
Given the fluctuations in head and discharge that can and do occur in the irrigation delivery system and the minimal control and management that is exerted the Irrigation System in the Old Lands appears to function remarkably well as evidenced by the high cropping intensity and yields and the appearance of the crops in the fields Some of the simplicity previously described has been offset by the farmers requests for extensions of the on-period In other cases as at El-Mansuriya shortages have not been remedied and farmers have continued cultivation only by pumping from groundwater In other cases farmers have pumped from drains to irrigate Irrigation beyond the normal daylight hours is only practiced when daylight deliveries are insufficient to meet demands Whereas the MOI assumes 24 hours continuous irrigation the fact that farmers dont practice this represents an important form of flexibility that helps to meet peak needs and alleviate the effects of turnouts that are too small
Farmer have adjusted to the small delivery rates through the current turnouts by using small basins These small basins also are a response to land that is not precisely level and allow a shallower depth of water to cover a given field shorter advance times and uniform applications that are reasonably efficient The higher
application efficiency is somewhat offset by the lower on-farm conveyance efficiencies in the extensive network of farm channels (marwas) The use of small basins is however labor intensive both in irrigation time as well as in the field preparation for irrigation As discussed earlier if cropping is to further intensify in the Old Lands of Egypt time will be saved in the cropping calendar using more farm machinery for tillage planting and harvesting if the field sizes increase Under those circumstances irrigation practices will tend toward long basins and furrows (TR 41 EWUP)
Farmers at the tail ends of canals and mesgas generally have more problems in water deliveries Some farmers have less favorable topographic position and are forced to lift water with sa ias or pumps while others such as at Abyuha have a mixture of lift and gravity delivery conditions Farmers have made illegal turnout installations due to inadequate flow rates through legal turnouts as a results of insufficient operating head undersized turnouts and trash accumulations plus the preference to irrigate only in the daylight hours These have been in the form of extra turnouts or the enlarging of the existing turnouts Along the Daqalt Canal 72 percent of the mesgas had illegal turnouts In EI-Hammami there were three times as many illegal turnouts as there were legal sizes (TR 1 EWUP) In Beni Magdul
there were 61 turnouts instead of the 25 allowed
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Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
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10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
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3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
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REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
18
Farmers throughout the world basically want stability and reliability in their
irrigation flows This results in their tendency to increase the size and number of
turnouts and is their natural response to unstable and unreliable flows This form of
illegal or unauthorized behavior has been documented in many nations In most
cases the irrigation bureaucracy has ignored the extra turnouts or has tended to
relieve the pressure for more water by authorizing the extra or enlarged
installations as long as there is ample water available Inappropriately sized and
ungated turnouts are a significant constraint to modern irrigation in may countries
and Egypt is no exception
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The legal turnouts of Egypt are ungated circular pipes designed to deliver 50
cubic meters of water per feddan per day during on-periods in the rotation (usually
50 of the time in the summer and 33 of the time in the winter) This rate of
delivery during on-periods results in a flow rate of 058 liter per second per feddan
(595 millimeter per day) in the summer and 019 liters per second per feddan (397
millimeter per day) in the winter cropping season
The specific sizes were assumed to serve a range of areas with an assumed
operating head of 025 meters which is rarely achieved The areas that they are to
serve have been increased over this century The system of ungated turnouts is
useful in its simplicity and low personnel requirement but the system is not self
adjusting to water shortages and has numerous shortcomings
Rates of water delivery through legal turnouts are shown to be too low for the
crops that are iormally grown in the Old Lands of Egypt The available operating
head rarely is as large as the magnitude assumed by the designers This tends to
cause the areas assigned to a particular turnout to be too large Unfavorable
entrance conditions and the accumulation of trash on the inlet tend to also limit the
amount of discharge of the legal turnouts Farmers prefer to irrigate only in the
daytime a trend which further exacerbates the problem of shortage
The impact of undersized turnouts and small flow rates on farm water
management is manifested partially by the small basins that farmers use although
their small size is also a response to a lack of precision leveling Further
intensification of agriculture in the Old Lands of Egypt will most likely require
larger field sizes to accomodate harvesting machinery Precison leveled fields with
19
10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
20
3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
19
10 by 100 meter basins require a minimum flow rate of 25 liters per second at the field inlet or between 30 and 35 liters per second at the mesoa turnout for efficient
irrigation of the Vertisol clays
The MOI generally responds to increased irrigation demands with added flow
increased operating head and extension of on-periods Farmers respond to unreliable and unstable flows by making illegal installations of extra turnouts and
enlarged turnouts Farmers use other sources of water under certain circumstances and the water table compensates for some water shortage to meet
evapotranspiration demands when close to the surface as demonstrated at Abu Raya
and Beni Magdul
Areas with gravity flow under low available head as demonstrated at Abyuha
will require gated turnouts with a capacity of up to 23 liters per second per feddan
The presence of the gates will require an irrigation technician to manipulate the
deliveries in close harmony with a water users association representing the interests
of the farmers
Areas with lift irrigation will require gated turnouts with capacity of up to 11
liters per second per feddan These areas will continue to have substantial in
channel storage and the gates will require adjustment according to the irrigation
demands In both cases of gravity and lift irrigation modern irrigation methods and
the use of long furrows and long basins will require a systematized irrigation
rotation schedule irrigation technicians and water user associations to optimize the
use of water to feed future generations
RECOMMENDATIONS
I The Ministry of Irrigation should give appropriate attention to the issue of
increasing the size of turnouts in accordance with the irrigation demands for the season and crops grown in upper middle and lower Egypt The issue of
increasing the size has the related issue of shape of inlet section provision for
trash guards and the addition of gates for positive water control
2 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for an
irrigation technician to assume the responsibility of the current gatekeeper
function and to interface with the farmers in implementing agreed-upon
irrigation schedules by manipulating the mescla gates
20
3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
20
3 The provision of larger turnouts with gates implies the need for simple
tools for the development of appropriate irrigation schedules This implied the
need for an irrigation engineer under the authority of the district engineer to
develop these schedules and to supervise the irrigation technician in the
implementation of those schedules
4 The principle of joint management of the distributary system implies the
transfer of water from the irrigation technician at the distributary level to the
group of organized farmers would take the form of a water users association
The organization of farmers for this purpose takes time and great effort if the
organization is to be sufficiently strong to handle the management functions of
water delivery monitoring maintenance as well as the administrative functions
of water control Substantial efforts will be required along this line in the near
future if Egypt is to further modernize irrigation practices in the Old Lands
5 The modernization of irrigation which calls for the intensification of
personnel in the management of irrigation from the irrigation engineer to the
irrigation technician to the leadership and membership of the water users
association will require substantial training input Training centers for each of
these types of clients will be needed along with the permanent training staff
and budget to conduct experiencial training to make these personnel effective
implements of the modernization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in
Egypt
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
21
REFERENCES
MOI 1981 Consumptive Use of Water by Major Field Crops in Egypt Water Master Plan TR 17 Ministry of Irrigation 1981
TR I Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area October 1977 to October 1978 Egyptian and American Field Team EWUP 1979
TR 9 Irrigation and Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr EI-Sheikh Governorate Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley and R L Tinsley EWUP 1983
TR 21 EI-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team EWUP 1983
TR 22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesga 10 An Egyptian Irrigation Canal W 0 Ree M EI-Kady J Wolfe and W Fahim EWUP 1982
TR 41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management T W Ley M El-Kady K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A EI-Falaky and E Wafik EWUP
TR 46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal and A Nasr EWUP
TR 47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree and M Semaika EWUP
TR 57 Infiltration STudies on Egyptian Vertisols Ken Litwiller R L TinsleyH Deweeb and T Ley EWUP
TR6i The Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water lables in Egypt K Litwiller M El-Kady T K Gates and E Hanson EWUP
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
22
AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC TERMS AND MEASURES COMMONLY USED
IN IRRIGATION WORK
LAND AREA IN SQ METERS IN ACRES IN FEDDANS IN HECTARES I acre 4046856 1000 0963 0405 I feddan 4200833 1038 1000 0420 1 hectare (ha) 10000000 2471 2380 1000 I sq kilometer 100 x 10 247105 238048 100000 I sq mile 259 x 10 640000 616400 259000
WATER MEASUREMENTS FEDDAN-CM ACRE-FEET ACRE-INCHES 1 billion m 23809000000 810710000 1000 m 23809 0811 9728 1000 m 3 Feddan 23809 0781 9372
(= 238 mm rainfall) 420 m Feddan 1000 0328 3936
(= 100 mm rainfall) OTHER CONVERSION METRIC US 1 ardab 198 liters 562 bushels I ardabfeddan 541 bushelsacreI kfeddan 212 lbacreI donkey load lO0 kg 1 camel load 250 kg I donkey load of manure = 01 m3
1 camel load of manure 025 m3
EGYPTIAN UNITS OF FIELD CROPS CROP EG UNIT IN KG iN LBS IN BUSHELS
Lentils ardab 1600 35242 587 Clover ardab 1570 34581 576 Broad beans ardab 1550 34141 610 Wheat ardab 1500 33040 551 Maize Sorghum ardab 1400 30837 551 Barley ardab 1200 26432 551 Cottonseed ardab 1200 26432 826 Sesame ardab 1200 26432 Groundnut ardab 750 16520 751 Rice dariba 9450 208150 4626 Chick-peas ardab 1500 33040 lupine ardab 1500 33040 Linseed ardab 1220 26872 Fenugreek ardab 1550 34141 Cotton (unginned) metric gintar 1575 34692 Cotton (lint or ginned) metric gintar 500 11013
EGYPTIAN FARMING AND IRRIGATION TERMS fara = branch marwa = small distributer irrigation ditch masraf = field drain mesga = small canal feeding from 10 to 40 farms Qirat = cf English karat A land measure of 124 feddan 17503 m2
garia = village sahm = 124th of a qirat 729 m2
saiia = animal powered water wheel sarf = drain (vb) or drainage See also masraf (n)
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
23
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJ FCT
PROJECT TECHNICAL
NO TITLE
PTR1 Problem Identification Report for Mansuriya Study Area 1077 to 1078
PTR2 Preliminary Soil Survey Report
El-Hammami Areas
PTR3 Preliminary Evaluation of Mansuriya Canal System Giza Governorate Egypt
PTR4 On-farm Irrigation Practices in Mansuriya District Egypt
PTR5 Economic Costs of Water Shortage Along Branch Canals
PTR6 Problem Identification Report For Kafr EI-Sheikh Study Area
PTR7 A Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt
PTRB Farm Record Summary and Analysis for Study Cases at Abu Raya and Mansuriya Sites 19781979
PTR9 Irrigation amp Production of Rice in Abu Raya Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
PTR10 Soil Fertility Survey in Kafr El-Sheikh El Mansuriya and EI-Minya Sites
PTR11 IKafr El-Sheikh Farm Management Survey Crop Enterprise Budgets and Profitability Analysis
PTR12 Use of Feasibility Studies and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects Procedures for Analysing Alternative Water Distribution System in Egypt
REPORTS
AUTHOR
Egyptian and American Field Teams
A D Dotzenko
Wahed amp A M Keleg
American and Egyptian Field Teams
M El-Kady W Clyma amp M Abu-Zeid
A El Shinnawi M Skold amp M Nasr
Egyptian and American Field Teams
H Wahby G Quenemoen amp M Helal
F Abdel Al amp M Skold
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as Compiled by T W Ley amp R L Tinsley
M Zanati P N Soltanpour ATA Mostafa amp A Keleg
M Haider amp F Abdel Al
R J McConnen F Abdel Al M Skold G Ayad amp E Sorial
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
24
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR13 The Role of Rural Sociologists J Layton and in an Interdisciplinary M Sallam Action-Oriented Project An Egyptian Case Study
PT R14 Administering an Interdisciplinary J B Mayfield amp Project Some Fundamental Assumptions M Naguib Upon Which to Build
PTRl5 Village Bank Loans to Egyptian G Ayad M Skold Farmers amp M Quenemoen
PTR 16A Irrigation System Improvement J Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Theory
PTR16B Irrigation System Improvement 3 Mohan Reddy amp By Simulation and Optimization W Clyma 1 Application
PTR17 Optimal Design of Border Irrigation 3 Mohan Reddy amp System W Clyma
PTR18 Population Growth and Development M Sallam in Egypt Farmers and Rural EC Knop amp Development Officials SA Knop Perspectives
PTR19 Rural Development and Effective M S Sallam Extension Strategies Farmers and E C Knop amp Officials Views S A Knop
PTR20 The Rotation Water Distribution M EI-Kady System vs The Continual Flow J Wolfe amp Water Distribution System H Wahby
PTR21 El-Hammami Pipeline Design Fort Collins Staff Team
PTR22 The Hydraulic Design of Mesca 10 WO Ree An Egyptian Irrigation Canal M El-Kady
J Wolfe amp W Fahim
PTR23 Farm Record Summary and Analysis F Abdel Al for Study Cases at Abyuha amp M Skold Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites 7980
PTR24 Agricultural Pests aad Their E Attalla Control General Concepts
PTR25 Problem Identification Report R Brooks amp E Nielsen for El-Minya
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
25
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR26 Social Dimensions of Egyptian Irrigation Patterns
EC Knop M Sallam SA Knop amp M EI-Kady
PTR27 Alternative Approaches in Extension and Rural Development Work An Analysis of Differing Perspective In Egypt
M Sallam amp E C Knop
PTR28 Economic Evaluation of Wheat Trials at Abyuha EI-Minya Governorate 7980-8081
N K Farag E Sorial amp M Awad
PTR29 Irrigation Practices Reported by EWUP Farm Record Keepers
F Abdel Al M Skold amp D Martella
PTR30 The Role of Farm Records in the EWUP Project
F Abdel Al amp D Martella
PTR31 Analysis of Farm Management Data From Abyuha Project Site
E Sorial M Skold R Rehnberg amp F Abdel Al
PTR32 (DWP)
Accessibility of EWUP Pilot Sites A El-Kayal S Saleh A Bayoumi amp R L Tinsley
PTR33 Soil Survey Report for Abyuha Area Minya Governorate
A A Selim M A El-Nahal amp M H Assal
PTR34 Soil Survey Report for Abu Raya Area Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate
A A Selim M A EI-Nahal M A Assal amp F Hawela
PTR35 Farm Irrigation System Design Kafr EI-Sheikh Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh Team as compiled by T W Ley
PTR36 Discharge and Mechanical Efficiency of Egyptian Water-Lifting Wheels
R Slack H Wahby W Clyma amp D K Sunada
PTR37 Allocative Efficiency and Equity of Alternative Methods of Charging for Irrigation Water A Case Study in Egypt
R Bowen and R A Young
PTR38 Precision Land Leveling On Abu Raya Farms Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate Egypt
EWUP Kafr El-Sheikh Team as ce ipiled by T W Leyshy
PTR39 On-Farm Irrigation Practices for Winter Crops at Abu Raya
A F Metawie N L Adams amp T A Tawfic
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
26
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR40 A Procedure For Evaluation Crop Growth Environments For Optimal Drain Design
D S Durnford E V Richardson amp T H Podmore
PTR41 The Influence of Farm Irrigation System Design and Precision Land Leveling on Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Water Management
T W Ley M El-Kady
K Litwiller E Hanson W S Braunworth A El-Falaky amp E Wafik
PTR42 (DWP)
Mesga Renovation Report N Illsley amp A Baybumi
PTR43 Planning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt The Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR44 Conjunctive Water Use - The State of the Art and Potential for Egypt
V H Scott amp A EI-Falaky
PTR45 Irrigation Practices of EWUP Study Abyuha and Abu Raya Sites for 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
F Abdel Al D Martella amp R L Tinsley
PTR46 Hydraulic Design of a Canal System For Gravity Irrigation
T K Gates W 0 Ree M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR47 Water Budgets for Irrigated Regions in Egypt
M Helal A Nasr M Ibrahim T K Gates W 0 Ree amp M Semaika
PTR48 A Method for Evaluating and Revising Irrigation Rotations
R L Tinsley A Ismail amp M EI-Kady
PTR49 Farming System of Egypt With Special Reference to EWUP Project Sites
G Fawzy M Skold amp F Abdel Al
PTR50 Farming System Economic Analysis of EWUP Study Cases
F Abdel Al D Martella amp D W Lybecker
PTR51 Structural Specifications and Construction of a Canal System for Gravity Irrigation
W R Gwinn T K Gates A Raouf E Wafik amp E Nielsen
PTR52 Status of Zinc in the Soils of Project Sites
M Abdel Naim
PTR53 Crop Management Studies by EWUP M Abdel Naim
PTR54 Criteria for Determining Desirable Irrigation Frequencies and Requirements and Comparisons with Conventional Frequencies and Amounts Measured In EWUP
M EI-Kady 3 Wolfe amp M Semaika
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
27
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR55 Design and Evaluation of Water Delivery T K Gates J Andrew System Improvement Alternatives 3 Ruff D Martella
3 Layton M Helal amp A Nasr
PTR56 Egyptian Canal Lining Techniques and M El-Kady H Wahby Economic Analysis 3 Andrew
PTR57 Infiltration Studies on Egyptian K Litwiller R L TinsleyVertisols H Deweeb amp T W Ley
PTR58 Cotton Field Trials Summer 1980 Kafr EI-Sheikh Team as (DWP) Abu Raya compiled by M Awad amp
A EI-Kayal
PTR59 Management Plan for a Distributary A Saber E Wafik Canal System T K Gates amp 3 Layton
PTR60 Hydraulic Conductivity and Vertical 3 W Warner T K Gates Leakage in the Clay-Silt Layer of the W Fahim M Ibrahim Nile Alluvium in Egypt M Awad amp T W Ley
PTR61 The Relation Between Irrigation Water K Litwiller M El-Kady Management and High Water Tables in 1 K Gates amp E Hanson Egypt
PTR62 Water Quality of Irrigation Canals A El-Falaky amp V H Scott Drains and Groundwater in Mansuriya Kafr EI-Sheikh and EI-Minya Project Sites
PTR63 Watercourse Improvement Evaluation R McConnen E Sorial (Mesqa 26 and Mesga 10) G Fawzy
PTR64 Influence of Soil Properties on Irrigation ATA Moustafa amp Management in Egypt R L Tinsley
PTR65 Experiences in Developing Water Users J Layton and Sociology Associations Team
PTR66 The Irrigation Advisory Service A 3 Layton and Sociology Proposed Organization for Improving Team On-Farm Irrigation Management in Egypt
PTR67 Sociological Evaluation of the On-Farm J Layton A EI-Attar Irrigation Practices Introduced in Kafr H Hussein S Kamal amp El-Sheikh A El-Masry
PTR68 Developing Local Farmer Organizations 3 B Mayfield amp M Naguib A Theoretical Procedure
PTR69 The Administrative and Social 3 B Miyfield amp M Naguib Environment of the Farmers in an Egyptian Village
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NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
28
NO TITLE AUTHOR
PTR70 (DWP)
Factors Affecting the Ability of Farmers to Effectively Irrigate A Case Study of the Mansuriya Mesqa Kafr El-Sheikh
M Naguib amp JLayton
PTR71 Impact of Turnout Size and Condition on Water Management on Farms
E Hanson M El-Kady amp K Litwiller
PTR72 Baseline Data for Improvement of a Distributary Canal System
ltEzz El Din K Litwiller amp Kafr El-Sheikh Team
PTR73 Considerations of Various Soil Properties For The Irrigation Management of Vertisols
C W Honeycutt amp R DHeil
PTR74
PTR5
Farmerss Irrigation Practices in EI-Hammami Sands
Abyuha Farm Record Summary
1979-1983
T A Tawfic amp R JTinsley
EWUP Field Team
PTR76 Kafr El Sheikh Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR77 El Hammami Farm Record Summary amp Analysis
M Haider amp M Skold
PTR78 Beni Magdul Farm Record Summary EWUP Field Team
PTR79 Analysis of Low Lift Irrigation Pumping
H R Horsey E V Richardson M Skold amp D K Sunada
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only
29
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT MANUALS
NO TITLE
MANl Trapezoidal Flumes for the Egypt Water Use Project
MAN2 Programs for the HP Computer Model 9825 for EWUP Operations
MAN5 Precison L-and Leveling Data Analysis Program for HP9825 Desktop Calculator
MAN8 Thirty Steps to Precision Land Leveling
MAN9 Alphabetical List of Some Crops and Plants with Their English Egyptian Botanical amp Arabic Names and Vocabulary of Agricultural and other Terms Commonly Used
MAN10 EWUP Farm Record System
AUTI IOR
By A R Robinson
By M Helal D Sunada 3 Loftis M Quenemoen W Ree R McConnen R King A Nazr and R Stalford
T W Ley
A Bayoumi S Boctor amp N Dimick
G Ayad
Farouk Abdel Al David R Martella and Gamal Ayad
TO ACQUIRE REPORTS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED PLEASE WRITE TO
EGYPT WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FORT COLLINS COLORADO 80523
Reports available at nominal cost plus postage and handling
In Progress DWP - Not to be published used as Draft Working Paper Only