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Management of the Integration Between Irrigation and Drainage Water in the Nile Delta

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Unconventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt

Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry ((HEC,volume 75))

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Strategies for improving the performance of irrigation and drainage in the Nile delta are as numerous as there are different integration systems between irrigation and drainage systems. Historically, these integration systems aimed to increase the efficiency of irrigation water use through improving irrigation systems as well as drainage systems. A negative impact was observed through continuous application of irrigation water to meet the crop water requirements within free crop pattern system. Therefore, a need for adaptive control of irrigation application systems was essentially required. Additionally, mitigation of the negative impact of drainage system through implementation of subsurface drainage for preventing higher soil salinity was urgently required. Recently, water conservation techniques through irrigation improvement projects (IIPs) were also implemented in order to mitigate the shortage of water resources. Despite of all the efforts done, there are still further needs to implement future firm strategies for improving the performance of irrigation and drain age in the Nile Delta.

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  1. Farm Irrigation Management Department, Water Management Research Institute, NWRC Building, 13621/5, Delta Barrages, El Qanater El Khayreya, Egypt

    Waleed H. Abou El Hassan

  2. Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt

    Ayman Allam

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

    Abdelazim M. Negm

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Abou El Hassan, W.H., Allam, A. (2017). Management of the Integration Between Irrigation and Drainage Water in the Nile Delta. In: Negm, A. (eds) Unconventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2017_65

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