A field crop irrigation management decision-making system (CropIrri) was developed based on the soil water balance model, crop phenology model, root growth model, crop water production function, and irrigation management model. The irrigation plan is made through predicating of soil water content in root zone and daily crop water requirement using historical and forecasting weather data, measur...

In this paper, the reuse of reclaimed wastewater for irrigation of agricultural land and its effect on soil quality has been investigated in an arid region of Iran. For this purpose, two pilots of 2,000 m2 area with a variety of plants were selected near the effluent discharge of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Zahedan and Zabol cities in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The wastewater t...

Most structural and some nonstructural water projects require significant sunk costs and lead to uncertain economic and ecological outcomes. For instance, building irrigation or flood control dam requires sizable sunk cost, an investment that is difficult to recover later. The dam faces uncertainties in terms of future rainfall, the performance of the dam’s structures and downstream levees, the...

This paper describes a wireless sensor network that monitored water extraction rate, salinity and water table level. The network collected real-time water quality measurements in order to investigate the impacts of current irrigation practice on the environment, in particular underground water salination. Particular challenges included a large coverage area, a sparse network with mean link dist...

Water deficit stress, permanent or temporary, limits the growth and the distribution of natural vegetation and the performance of cultivated plants more than any other environmental factors. Mechanism involved is still not clear. In order to investigate the effect of different irrigation intervals and anti-transpirants compoundson yield and yield components of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa</e...

A simulation model was developed to estimate the effect of deficit irrigation upon crop yield. The model was designed to provide relative yield estimates for numerous combinations of irrigation system, crop growth and irrigation management parameters. A daily soil moisture balance was used to predict evaporation and transpiration from which crop yields were estimated. Gross irrigation water req...