It is a Decision Support System (DSS) for irrigation
water management. A comprehensive generic computer application
system has been formulated by integrating GIS, remote
sensing and RDBMS technologies for computer aided irrigation
management decision support systems to help the water
managers. It is recognized that proper scheduling of
irrigation can increase water utilization efficiency
in agriculture. Irrigation water requirements are influenced
by climate, soil, crop type, stage of growth, method
of irrigation, pas and forecast rainfall etc. Further,
the area under each crop, status of soil and irrigation
system capacities determines the volume of water that
is to be delivered by the irrigation system at any time.
Thus, scheduling of irrigations require continuous monitoring
of the crop situation, rainfall and climatic conditions
vis-à-vis the water supply conditions. In large
systems, where the project extends several thousand
hectares, all the above factors (such as type of soils,
crops, climate, etc.) exhibit high variability both
in time and space. This renders monitoring as well as
subsequent decision making process for irrigation system
highly complex. The developed interactive computer software
integrates these components and provides a highly userfriendly
interface to map any irrgation system for monitoring
and opration
Salient features:
Facility to map the irrigation system using GIS, Mapping
of all canals, control stuructures above and below outlet
commands, Mapping can be down to the plat and field
level, Map Objects software has been used to enable
the end-user to use the application without having a
GIS package.
Prospective Users: Ministry
of Water Resources, Water Resources departments of State
Governments, Farmers Users Associations
Keywords: Irrigation,
Water management, GIS, Remote Sensing, Irrigation Scheduling,
Decision Support System
Type of Technology: Software
Glossary: GIS - Geographical
Information System
Developed by : Prof. A K Gosain
Department: Civil Engineering
