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1 IIMI; Murray-Rust, H.; Gieske, A. 1999. Iran - IWMI Collaborative Project: Report 2nd Training Mission. Unpublished report on the Second Training Mission of the Iran-IWMI Collaborative Project, 14-25 February 1999. 6p. + annexes.
Irrigation programs ; Canals ; Project planning ; River basin development ; Reservoirs ; Dams ; Water delivery ; Data collection ; Training ; GIS ; International cooperation / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Eskandary / Moorchehkoort / Esfahan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G690 IIM Record No: H024853)
2 Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P.; Sally, H.; Gieske, A.; Akbari, M.; Mamanpoosh, A. R.; Miranzadeh, M.; Salemi, H. R.; Toomanian, N.; Torabi, M. 2000. Identifying and reducing threats to sustainable agriculture in Iran. In International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Annual report 1999-2000. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.37-43.
Sustainable agriculture ; Water management ; Soil salinity ; River basins ; Water quality ; Surface water ; Groundwater / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Esfahan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G000 IIM Record No: H026793)
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3 Perry, C. J. 2001. Charging for irrigation water: the issues and options, with a case study from Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 17p. (IWMI Research Report 052) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.057]
Irrigation management ; Productivity ; Water allocation ; Water use efficiency ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Cost recovery ; User charges ; Water rates ; Pricing ; River basins ; Water shortage ; Economic aspects ; Salinity ; Case studies / Iran / Esfahan Province / Zayandeh Rud Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G690 PER Record No: H027766)
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Inadequate funding for maintenance of irrigation works and emerging shortages of water are prevalent. The use of water charges to generate resources for maintenance and to reduce demand is widely advocated. Examples from other utilities, and from the domestic/industrial sectors of water supply suggest the approach could be effective. In developing countries, the facilities required for measured and controlled delivery of irrigation are rarely in place, and would require a massive investment in physical, legal and administrative infrastructure. To be effective in curtailing demand, the marginal price of water must be significant. The price levels required to cover operation and maintenance (O&M) costs are too low to have a substantial impact on demand, much less to actually bring supply and demand into balance. On the other hand, the prices required to control demand are unlikely to be within the politically feasible range. Furthermore, water supplied is a proper measure of service in domestic and industrial uses. But in irrigation, and especially as the water resource itself becomes constrained, water consumption is the appropriate unit for water accounting. This is exceptionally difficult to measure. An alternative approach to cope with shortage would focus on assigning volumes to specific uses—effectively rationing water where demand exceeds supply. This approach has a number of potential benefits including simplicity, transparency, and the potential to tailor allocations specifically to hydrological situations, particularly where salinity is a problem. Data from Iran are presented to support these contentions.
4 Salemi, H. R.; Mamanpoush, A. R.; Miranzadeh, M.; Akbari, M.; Torabi, M.; Toomanian, N.; Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P.; Sally, H.; Gieske, A. 2000. Water management for sustainable irrigated agriculture in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Esfahan Province, Iran. Karaj, Iran: Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (IAERI); Esfahan, Iran: Esfahan Agricultural Research Center (EARC); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 18p. (IAERI-IWMI Research Report 1)
Irrigation systems ; Cropping systems ; Irrigated farming ; River basins ; Topography ; Geomorphology ; Climate ; Hydrology ; Water quality ; Groundwater ; Soil salinity ; Sustainable agriculture / Iran / Esfahan Province / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Chadegan Reservoir
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G690 SAL Record No: H028239)
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This publication outlines the current water management issues in the Zayendeh Rud basin and describes the approaches being adopted under the collaboration of Iran (IAERI and EARC) and IWMI.
5 Murray-Rust, H.; Sally, H.; Salemi, H. R.; Mamanpoush, A. 2000. An overview of the hydrology of the Zayandeh Rud Basin. Karaj, Iran: Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (IAERI); Esfahan, Iran: Esfahan Agricultural Research Center (EARC); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 19p. (IAERI-IWMI Research Report 3)
River basins ; Hydrology ; Water use ; Reservoirs ; Water balance ; Climate ; Irrigation systems / Iran / Esfahan Province / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Chadegan Reservoir
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H028241)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/FILES/word/ProjectDocuments/Zayandeh%20Rud/Zayandeh_03.PDF
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028241.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028241.pdf
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6 Gieske, A.; Miranzadeh, M.; Mamanpoush, A. 2000. Groundwater chemistry of the Lenjanat District, Esfahan Province, Iran. Karaj, Iran: Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (IAERI); Esfahan, Iran: Esfahan Agricultural Research Center (EARC); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 21p. (IAERI-IWMI Research Report 4)
Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Wells ; River Basins / Iran / Esfahan Province / Lenjanat District / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Chadegan Dam / Zagros Mountains
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G690 GIE Record No: H028242)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/assessment/FILES/word/ProjectDocuments/Zayandeh%20Rud/Zayandeh_04.PDF
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028242.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028242.pdf
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7 Droogers, P.; Salemi, H. R.; Mamanpoush, A. 2000. Exploring basin scale salinity problems using a simplified water accounting model: the example of Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Karaj, Iran: Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (IAERI); Esfahan, Iran: Esfahan Agricultural Research Center (EARC); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 15p. (IAERI-IWMI Research Report 5)
Salinity ; Simulation models ; River Basins ; Hydrology ; Irrigation programs ; Stream flow ; Reservoirs ; Water quality / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Rudasht Irrigation scheme
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 DRO Record No: H028243)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/FILES/word/ProjectDocuments/Zayandeh%20Rud/Zayandeh_05.PDF
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028243.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H028243.pdf
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Water scarcity and salinization are major threats to sustainable irrigation in Iran as well as other parts of the world. Irrigation schemes are part of a basin and as such, irrigation research must be conducted in a basin context. For the Zayandeh Rud basin in central Iran, a simplified Water and Salinity Basin Model (WSBM) was developed for a quick analysis of river basin processes. First the model was calibrated and used for current and past water resources analyses. Despite the simplicity of the model, observed and simulated stream flows were similar, proving that the model could be used for scenario analyses. The first scenario was setup to analyze the effect of more efficient irrigation techniques on the basin water resources. As a consequence of these efficient irrigation practices, return flows will decrease, resulting in less water available for downstream users. It was concluded that the effect on the downstream irrigation schemes was dramatic, with a 22% decrease in yield. A second scenario was defined where the effect of an increase of water extraction for Esfahan was evaluated. In terms of basin scale water quantity aspects this increased extraction is negligible as extractions are relatively low and return flows are high. The last scenario was developed to study the additional releases required from the reservoir to provide sufficient water for expansion of the tail-end Rudasht irrigation scheme. If no restriction is imposed on water quality, additional releases from the reservoir are limited. However, if salinity levels are not to exceed 2 dS m-1, mean annual water release requirements from the reservoir will increase from 52 m3 s-1 to 64 m3 s-1, and peak reuirements during the irrigation season will increase from 85 to 112 m3 s-1. Finally, it was concluded that the methodology and the model developed were useful for a swift and transparent analysis of past, current and future water and salt resources, and to perform scenario analyses.
8 Droogers, P.; Torabi, M.; Akbari, M.; Pazira, E. 2001. Field-scale modeling to explore salinity problems in irrigated agriculture. Irrigation and Drainage, 50(2):77-90.
Simulation models ; Soil-water-plant relationships ; Salinity ; Water quality ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigated farming ; Plant growth ; Crop yield ; Water balance / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Rudasht Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER, IWMI 631.7.1 G690 DRO Record No: H028399)
9 Molle, François; Mamanpoush, A.; Miranzadeh, M. 2004. Robbing Yadullah’s water to irrigate Saeid’s garden: hydrology and water rights in a village of Central Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 43p. (IWMI Research Report 080) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.081]
Water allocation ; Water rights ; Irrigation management ; Drought ; Wells ; Dams ; Canals ; Legal aspects ; Villages / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Jalalabad / Najafabad
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G690 MOL Record No: H035318)
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This report provides a case study from the province of Esfahan, in central Iran, describing the struggle of a village to secure the water resources without which local agriculture, and altogether life in the village, would be impossible. It illustrates the endless ingenuity of farmers in their quest for water, how land and water rights have developed, how various legal repertoires may conflict with one another, and how the intervention of the state transformed the wider hydrological cycle of the valley and affected the delicate equilibrium between population and resources that had prevailed until then. The report estimates the costs of accessing one cubic meter from each of these different sources and shows how political interventions or drought mitigation policies elicit solutions that are extremely costly.
10 Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.) 2004. Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). iii, 168p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.008]
Irrigated farming ; River basin development ; Hydrology ; Domestic water ; Groundwater depletion ; Water quality ; Soil degradation ; Water conservation ; GIS ; Satellite surveys ; Remote sensing ; Irrigated sites ; Simulation models ; Clay soils ; Salinity ; Irrigation systems ; Aquifers ; Water rates ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Forecasting ; Farm income / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Esfahan Province
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036057)
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11 Sally, Hilmy; Murray-Rust, H.; Mamanpoush, A. R.; Akbari, M. 2004. Irrigation supply and demand modeling. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.). Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.53-57.
Irrigation programs ; Water demand ; Irrigation water ; Water delivery ; Estimation / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036058)
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12 Murray-Rust, H.; Salemi, H. R.; Droogers, P. 2004. Basin level water resources development, 1945-2010. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.). Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.76-80.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036062)
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13 Murray-Rust, H.; Sally, H. 2004. Hydrologic assessment of the Zayandeh Rud. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.). Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.81-85.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036063)
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14 Gieske, Ambro; Miranzadeh, M.; Mamanpoush, A. 2004. Variations in groundwater chemistry to identify source of groundwater. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.), Water for the future: Linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.86-90.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036064)
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15 Droogers, P.; Miranzadeh, M. 2004. Spatial and temporal analysis of groundwater. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.), Water for the future: Linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.91-96.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036065)
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16 Gieske, A.; Miranzadeh, M. 2004. Groundwater resources modeling of the Lenjanat aquifer system. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.), Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.97-102.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036066)
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17 Droogers, P.; Salemi, H. R.; Mamanpoush, A. 2004. Basin level water-salt balance model. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.), Water for the future: Linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.103-108.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036067)
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18 Perry, C. 2004. Options for charging for irrigation water in Iran. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.). Water for the future: Linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.109-111.
Irrigation water ; Water rates ; User charges ; Cost recovery ; Pricing ; Case studies / Iran / Zayandeh Rud Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036068)
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19 Salemi, H. R.; Murray-Rust, H. 2004. Water supply and demand forecasting 2000-2020. In Murray-Rust, H.; Droogers, P. (Eds.). Water for the future: linking irrigation and water allocation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Iran. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. pp.112-115.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.1 G690 MUR Record No: H036069)
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20 Aerts, J. C. J. H.; Droogers, Peter. (Eds.) 2004. Climate change in contrasting river basins: adaptation strategies for water, food and environment. Wallingford, UK: CABI. ix, 264p.
River basins ; Climate change ; Indicators ; Hydrology ; Models ; Food security ; Food production ; Ecosystems ; Environmental effects ; Water availability ; Irrigation water ; Sustainable agriculture / Central Asia / Iran / South East Asia / West Africa / Sri Lanka / USA / Syr Darya Basin / Zayandeh Rud Basin / Rhine Basin / Mekong Basin / Volta Basin / Walawe Basin / California / Sacramento Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.2515 G000 AER Record No: H036667)
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