Abstract
Inter-basin water transfer projects are powerful measures for resolving the uneven distribution of water resources, but their scale directly affects the associated investment and income. Therefore, determining the scale of an inter-basin water transfer project is essential. Based on the inter-basin agricultural water transfer project in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China, combined with the suitable development scale of the irrigation area with the joint allocation of existing water sources, this research proposes a technique to demonstrate the scale of an inter-basin water transfer project based on dynamic trial feedback under the condition of the optimization method of despiking of the groundwater allocation; the water transfer project scale is demonstrated for each section in reverse order. According to the water demand prediction results in the study area, the scale of water transfer project BC is demonstrated, and the scale of water transfer project AB is demonstrated on the basis of the BC scale. The final AB and BC water transfer scales decrease by 15% and 13%, respectively; compared with the conventional method under the premise that the water supply guarantee rate is 75%. When the water is transferred, the process is stable, and the utilization rate of the canal is high, thereby saving investment funds and facilitating project scheduling and management.
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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant numbers 51625904 and 51779271, and the IWHR Research & Development Support Program, grant numbers WR0145B522017 and WR0145B622017.
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Conceptualization: Jianhua Wang and Baodeng Hou; Data curation: Baodeng Hou and Fan Lu; Formal analysis: Baodeng Hou, Yong Zhao and Weihua Xiao; Methodology: Jianhua Wang, Weihua Xiao and Fan Lu; Software: Jianhua Wang and Yong Zhao; Writing – original draft: Jianhua Wang, Baodeng Hou and Weihua Xiao; Writing – review & editing: Jianhua Wang and Baodeng Hou.
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Wang, J., Hou, B., Zhao, Y. et al. Research on Scale Demonstration Technology of Inter Basin Water Transfer Project in Agricultural Irrigation. Water Resour Manage 35, 5243–5258 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02999-w
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