Название практики |
Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system |
Land reclamation via vertical drainage wells |
Category |
Water resources |
Water resources |
Tool |
MASSCOTE methodology |
Collector-drainage system |
Field of application |
- Use of water resources
- Use of land resources
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• Use of water resources • Use of land resources |
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Implemented by |
UN FAO in the Republic of Tajikistan
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Ministry of Reclamation and Water Management of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Used by |
Country: Tajikistan
Province: Districts of Republican Subordination
District: Vahdat
Other settlement: town of Vakhdat
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Country: Kazakhstan
Province: South Kazakhstan Region
District: Maktaaral District
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Local specifics |
Located in the Kafirnigan River Basin (river catchment area) |
• Upstream (Ferghana) and midstream (Syr Darya) of the Syr Darya River • Ebb occurrence of highly mineralized ground water |
Practice usage period |
Start date: 01.10.2016
End date: 31.12.2016
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Start date: 01.01.1965
End date: 31.12.1975
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Problem solved through this practice |
Poor technical condition, operation and maintenance of the irrigation system |
Deterioration of reclamation situation: rising of ground water, land salination |
Tools used in the practice |
MASSCOTE methodology |
Technique and technology of land reclamation via a system of vertical drainage wells (VDW) |
Description of the practice and its results |
Actions:
Mapping of the system and services depending on canals’ purpose.
Results:
Financial and economic:
economically effective, fair and sustainable water resource management.
Ecological:
integrated protection of key environmental elements, including prevention of raising ground water level and secondary soil salination as well as irrigation-induced soil erosion, etc.
Technical:
improved technical characteristics of municipal water supply to different stakeholders.
Social:
enhanced welfare of farm employees due to increased income. |
Actions:
A VDW system set up. Prior to its installation, the area was drained via a horizontal open-type drain-age network ineffective as to reducing the mass of salinized land.
Comprehensive VDW efforts significantly enhanced drainage.
However, currently due to the absence of a single organization responsible for VDW operation, maintenance and repair, the VDW systems recon-structed under World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects do not perform as effectively as ini-tially.
Results:
Financial and economic: Increased cotton yields (from 10-15 up to 30-35 dt/ha).
Technical: Successful response to land salination in 3 districts: ground water table steadily kept at 2-3 m depth leading to a sharp contraction of salinized land area. |
Lessons learnt and recommendations made |
Lessons learnt:
Express assessment based on MASSCOTE methodology allows to improve the planning of upgrading efforts to ensure better servicing of diversified water uses requiring higher supply flexibility and cost reduction.
Recommendations:
It is necessary to widely deploy the MASSCOTE methodology of express assessment of the condition of irrigation systems and enhancing their operation. |
Lessons learnt:
In due time, the model proved useful and timely, as the country urgently needed to increase its cotton yields. The practice demonstrated high efficiency of VDW in combatting land salination.
Recommendations:
1. Establish a special VDW System Maintenance and Operation Department; 2. Build personnel capacity: • Continual training of personnel in the Department and Provincial Hydrogeological and Land Reclamation Expedition; • Drafting and distribution of training materi-als. |
Source of practice |
Foreign tools (transfer of foreign experience) |
Domestic tools (outcomes of research by domestic R&D organizations) |
Readiness for implementation |
1. Cost of implementation: High
2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha:
3. O&M costs: High
4. Expert support: Not needed
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1. Cost of implementation: Moderate
2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha:
3. O&M costs: High
4. Expert support: Not needed
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Brief information on the project |
Project title: Using MASSCOTE methodology for express assessment of the condition of Vakhdat municipal irrigation system.
Project duration: 2016.
Project goal and objectives: designing the irrigation system upgrading and management plan based on MASSCOTE methodology of process diagnostics and assessment of irrigation system performance.
Project beneficiaries: land and water users.
Project implementer: UN FAO. |
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Funding source |
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) in the Republic of Tajikistan |
Ministry of Reclamation and Water Management of the USSR |
Information sources |
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Reshetkina N.M. et al. “Vertical Drainage”, Moscow: Kolos, 1978. – 319 p. |
Contacts of a person, who filled this form |
SIC ICWC |
SIC ICWC |
Form submission date |
03.04.2018 |
26.03.2018 |