Irrigation Offtake Sensitivity

Abstract

This article is an attempt to develop an analytical framework to address sensitivity of irrigation offtakes. The perturbation of water depth and the deviation of the setting are considered for analysis. Sensitivity of delivery takes into account the impacts of the perturbations on the delivery (to the command area of the offtake). Sensitivity of conveyance assesses the effects on the conveyance discharge of the parent canal. Analytical formulations of six sensitivity indicators are provided. The concept of head loss equivalent is introduced to explicitly take into account the hydraulic behavior in the dependent canal downstream of the offtakes. Hydraulic perturbations are considered either as upstream deviations in the parent canal or downstream perturbations in the dependent canal.