Objective
Improving the efficiency of the use of both water and energy, by reducing the environmental impact of irrigation and contributing to reach a sustainable development in arid and semiarid regions.
Activities
They will be mainly focused on the following topics:
- Improving the efficiency of the use of both water and energy, by reducing the environmental impact of irrigation and contributing to reach a sustainable development in arid and semiarid regions.
- They will be mainly focused on the following topics:
- Hydraulics, energetic and economic optimisation of pumping plants, water distribution and irrigation systems, as well as the equipments standardization.
- Modernization of the existing irrigation systems by introducing new technologies (drip irrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, etc.) and improvement of water application in those systems in which restructuring is not feasible.
- Irrigation improvement and irrigation modernization projects. These are basic for a sustainable rural development and help to develop the necessary tools and data bases in order to help organizations when making a decision.
- Promotion of technology transfer to farmers, in order to optimise their use of water and the kind of water management they perform, by providing them with the tools they need.
Hydraulics Engineering