Open AccessWater Use in the Irrigation Zone and Current Environmental Challenges
Author(s) -
Rzayev
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii: problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie/vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii : problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8253
pISSN - 1999-4508
DOI - 10.35567/1999-4508-2013-5-3
Subject(s) - irrigation , water resources , current (fluid) , water resource management , arid , environmental science , irrigation management , climate change , environmental planning , sustainability , water conservation , environmental resource management , process (computing) , business , natural resource economics , computer science , engineering , economics , biology , ecology , paleontology , electrical engineering , operating system
This article focuses on the problems of irrigation water use in the Kur – Araz lowland of the Azerbaijan Republic. Based on the analysis of the current condition of the irrigation management, it has been proposed the ways of its improvement, taking into account the peculiarities of arid zones of the country with consideration of the ongoing global climate changes and connected with the latter the necessity of optimization of water resources use and environmental protection of the irrigated areas. Importance of climate changes’ consideration in the process of reconstruction and new construction of waterwork facilities in order to ensure the condition for the sustainable irrigation systems operation, allowing improving water use efficiency through the rational use of the available water resources and achieving of the high cropyield has been substantiated.