A study on the present development of irrigation water management in China
2000
Chen, J. (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu (Japan)) | Mizutani, M. | Goto, A. | Matsui, H.
In the present study an intensive field survey was conducted to grasp the recent changes in actual irrigation water management induced by the on-going policy of water use reformation in China, taking two irrigation districts, Saho Dam in the Chanjiang basin and Jinghuiqu in the Huanghe basin, as example. As the results, the following outputs were withdrawn: 1) The types of irrigation management, the types of water use and kinds of water charges to water users were clarified in the comparative manner of two irrigation districts; 2) It was observed that supply-oriented and bureaucratic water management was dominant; 3) The equity in water allocation was a main target of water management; 4) A water guard, guangshuiyuan, who is nominated as a personnel of irrigation water control in the administrative village, played a significant role in water management; and 5) The bureaucratic water management has a possibility of converting to the contracting water management except drought period
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