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Analysis of Channel Water Loss of the Agricultural Water Supply in a Gyeongcheon Drought Area

경천가뭄지역 농업용수 공급량의 수로손실 분석

  • Cho, Gun Ho (Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Moon, Jin Kyoung (Water Resources Maintenance Department, Korea Rural Community Corporation) ;
  • Choi, Kyung Sook (Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2019.05.23
  • Accepted : 2020.03.13
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to estimate the channel water loss of agricultural water supply in the command areas belong to Yechon irrigation channel of Gyeongcheon reservoir located Mungyeong-si, which area experienced a severe drought in 2015. The channel water loss was estimated by comparison of the irrigation water requirements (IWR) and agricultural water supply of the field data from 2012 to 2015. Further analysis was conducted to define the conveyance loss estimated based on the leakage holes and illegal pumping spots investigated through the field survey, and the distribution loss obtained by subtracting conveyance loss from the channel water loss. The annual rainfall decreased gradually, but the contribution of effective rainfall, available rain water to crop, increased to IWR during the study period. These phenomena resulted in the increase of agricultural water supply, and hence made greater the channel water loss simultaneously. The average channel water losses estimated as 36.8 % with 7.1 % of the conveyance loss and 29.7 % of distribution loss respectively. The distribution loss seems to be related to total number of rainy days, and irrigation schedules, while the conveyance loss was caused by irrigation channel aging conditions and illegal intake problems. In order to achieve sustainable agricultural water resources, the channel water loss needs to be reduced through the restoration of aged irrigation facilities and effective water managements in the fields.

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