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Peak Demands from Spray Irrigation
Author(s) -
Weatherhead E. K.,
Knox J. W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00133.x
Subject(s) - irrigation , environmental science , cropping , water resource management , resource (disambiguation) , hydrology (agriculture) , aquifer , groundwater , geography , computer science , agriculture , engineering , agronomy , computer network , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology
Although irrigation accounts for less than 2% of water use in the UK, direct abstraction for spray irrigation can be a significant user in certain catchments in dry summers. Peak demand is expected to grow nationally by 1–2% per annum on average, but this growth varies locally. Water resource planners need to know the peak demands and how they are likely to grow within each catchment or aquifer, and the likely local annual variation and timing of demand. This paper discusses how recent developments in irrigation modelling combined with the application of a ‘geographic information system’can produce such forecasts, taking into account spatial variation in soils, climate, cropping and irrigation practice.