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1-Irrigation Development in The Philippines
1-Irrigation Development in The Philippines
• IRRIGATION
• application of water into the soil
A. IRRIGATION vs. DRAINAGE
• DRAINAGE
• removal of excess water
within or on the soil
• can be natural or artificial
B. OBJECTIVE OF IRRIGATION AND
DRAINAGE
• To create an environment
favorable to plant growth by
maintaining
• Water balance
• Salt balance
B. OBJECTIVE OF IRRIGATION AND
DRAINAGE
• ADVANTAGES
• increase cropping efficiency
• increase crop productivity and
yield
• increase cropping intensity (CI)
CI=Total Cropped Area
Total Physical Area
C. DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION IN
THE PHILIPPINES
1. Pre-Spanish and Spanish Period
• small gravity irrigation system
• communal
C. DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION IN
THE PHILIPPINES
2. American Regime (1900-1936)
• First Irrigation Law – BPW
• Irrigation facilities
• Construction and repair
• 12 small & medium scale for rice irrigation
• 91,000 ha
C. DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION IN
THE PHILIPPINES
3. Commonwealth and Japanese Regimes (1937-1946)
• Little irrigation development
45000
40000 40,000
35000
CUBIC METERS
30000
25000
20000
15000
17,000
12,900
10000
5000
7,000
4,700
0
1800 1950 1970 1997 2025
YEAR
D. ROLE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
ENGINEERS
PRESENT PHILIPPINE
SCENARIO
3,000 m3
WATER-STRESSED AREA
< 2,000 m3
D. ROLE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
ENGINEERS
Status of Water Use
PHILIPPINES
D. ROLE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
ENGINEERS
• Irrigated rice
accounts for irrigation
72%
rice production.
D. ROLE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
ENGINEERS
• Low Water Use Efficiency and Productivity
• DESIGN ASSUMPTION – 50 to 65 %
• ACTUAL EFFICIENCY – 30 to 40 %