Productivity and Efficiency

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.

Productivity and Efficiency Resources

Project Planning and Implementation Workshop: Irrigation Improvement Program of the Irrigation Management Systems Project, Alexandria, Egypt, November 11-14, 1990

Published: 
February 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objectives of the HP component are to strengthen PWWR's institutional capacity; to develop a "rational" interdisciplinary approach for planning, designing and implementing the renovation of specific commands; to develop an Irrigation Advisory Service; to organize Water User...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Project Management Workshop for the Irrigation Management Systems Coordinating Committee

Published: 
September 3, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Coordination, communication, timely implementation, and avoiding duplication are the major challenges facing the irrigation management system coordination committee.Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Egypt Irrigation Improvement Project

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the regional irrigation improvement project, with the goals and objectives being to develop methods and procedures to rehabilitate and improve irrigation systems on Egypt's old lands and to develop capabilities of the staff to undertake a national program to rehabilitate and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation Advisory Service Development Plan

Published: 
November 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this report is to summarize the current state of the design effort for the Irrigation Advisory Service (IAS) in Egypt. As the efforts to improve the irrigation system in Egypt have evolved, there has been an increasing understanding that one area of critical importance is the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Irrigation Briefing Paper

Published: 
April 12, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Water is frequently taken for granted without adequate planning until shortages begin to occur. Egypt has not faced shortages since the construction of the Aswan High Dam but water use projections indicate that shortages will begin to occur in the near future. The recent African drought and current...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Training Needs Assessment for the Ministry of Irrigation, Arab Republic of Egypt

Published: 
February 20, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The key findings of this assessment from Egypt are; -Technical training in the Ministry has been largely limited to professional civil engineers, and technicians -Prior to 1982, engineers were trained by their supervisors through an informal on the job training process. - Top management of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Strategies for Irrigation Development in Egypt

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Cost-effective strategies for developing irrigation in Egypt's Nile River Valley and the Nile Delta, as well as on other lands already developed or targeted for development, are presented. Two major sections analyze, respectively, the current and projected (in the medium and long term) status...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt

Published: 
August 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
An analytical model for assessing alternative water lifting systems in Egypt, designed for use by policymakers, is presented. The procedure computes the cost of lifting water from tertiary delivery canals to farmers' fields on the basis of a combination of 23 variables: economic factors,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water Tables in Egypt

Published: 
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
High water table levels presenting hazards to crop growth were measured at field sites in upper, middle, and lower Egypt. Water table contribution to evapotranspiration was significant at each site. A water balance model of the water table aquifer was used to predict the effect of various...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Optimal Design of Border Irrigation Systems

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
A procedure combining simulation and mathematical programming to derive an optimal irrigation system design given scarce resources is described. A hydraulics simulation model for surface irrigation was used to develop relationships between water requirement efficiency and the system design...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

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