Khuzestan Water and Power Authority at a Glance: Water Resources and Agricultural Schemes
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(KWPA) Khuzestan Water & Power Authority Khuzestan Water and Power Authority at a Glance: Water Resources and Agricultural Schemes Narges Zohrabi Head of Khuzestan Regional Committee on Irrigation and Drainage Outline (KWPA) Khuzestan Province at a Glance An introduction to KWPA (Opportunities) Research in KWPA Challenges in Iran and Khuzestan International Cooperation Wrap Up Location of Khuzestan in Iran (KWPA) Located in the South West Iran Khuzestan province at a glance (KWPA) Khuzestan contains 1/3 of Iran’s surface water resources Climate, Water and Soil Resources (KWPA) All year round cultivation is possible but not practical because of water shortage Most important and the largest wetlands (KWPA) Shadegan Bamdej Hoor-Al-Azim Potentials and Opportunities (KWPA) 80% of Iran’s overseas financials is obtained from of the province’s oil industry The most important and the biggest ports in the Persian Gulf Imam Khomeini port Khoram Shahr port Mahshahr & Abadan ports Potentials and Opportunities (KWPA) Long sunshine hours Sunshine hours Ahwaz Synoptic station (1981-2007) Spring Summer Autumn Winter Annual (hour) Seasonal Mean of 859.6 h 983.6 h 645.9 h 596.6 h 3085.7 sunshine hours Source: Rahimzadeh et al., (2014), Meteorological applications Potentials and Opportunities (KWPA) Station U av.(10m) A potential to harness wind energy Annual wind mean speed (April to August) Shushtar 2.15 m/s Hoseynie 4.01 m/s Abadan 4.03 m/s Mahshahr 4.36 m/s (Alamdari et al., 2012) Assessment of wind energy in Iran: A review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 125,000 ha of sugarcane development schemes (KWPA) (KWPA) KWPA History and Now Dez dam In the Pars Hotel in the 1960 1969 Back Ministry of Water to and Power the Established in 1955 1960s KWPA FACTS… (KWPA) The largest company of the Iranian Ministry of Energy (MOE) More than 7000 staff 15 sister companies provide services for maintenance and operation of hydraulic structures, large dams and irrigation networks ENERGY INDUSTRY IN KHUZESTAN (KWPA) More than 70% of countries' power demand (KWPA) Annual Hydropower generation= 13,700 GW (average) Hydropower generation plants Shahid Abbaspour Dez Karkheh Gotvand Karun Marun Large Storage Dams (KWPA) Large No. of dams (In operation storage & Under dams construction) Karkheh 2 Great Karun 7 Zohreh- Jarahi 3 General Agricultural Information (KWPA) Khuzestan 6,405,700 area (ha) potential cultivation (ha) 2,500,000 Khuzestan province Status Area (ha) In operation 450,000 Development 1,169,800 schemes KWPA: Present Opportunities (KWPA) Research conducted at the KWPA (KWPA) Environmental aspects in agricultural management Optimal management of irrigation water allocation Salt resistant crop plants studies Effective factors on farmers level of satisfaction Evaluating approaches to reduce agricultural wastewater Numerical Hydrodynamic modeling of Khuzestan Rivers Water, soil and climate Monitoring Groundwater monitoring and modeling Climate change impact and adaptation strategies Real-time Flood and drought monitoring and management Water quality management Hydropower plants Sedimentation in reservoir-river systems Total No. of Research related to water industry 436 Challenges (KWPA) I) Environment & Basin wide issues (water quantity and quality issues) II) Agricultural schemes: Development and management challenges III) Stakeholder participation, water user association IV) Policymaking in agriculture and water resources: legislation, water government and economic aspects Challenges (KWPA) Lakes drying up Vulnerability to climate variability and change Frequent droughts & dust storms Water quality issues posed downstream Water, soil and climate monitoring network problems (KWPA) Backwaters influenced by tides impacting palm gardens (KWPA) Soil and Water Saline Problems Groundwater problems as a result of elevated water table and prohibitive withdrawals (KWPA) Sedimentation in reservoirs, rivers and irrigation networks 15 cm of annual sedimentation in drought conditions (KWPA) Agricultural low Low water prices productivity Water user association problems (KWPA) Transfer of irrigation management services International Cooperation (KWPA) Area of Cooperation Countries Agricultural water Australia management Canada Environmental impacts of irrigation, drainage Switzerland Denmark Comprehensive Sweden approaches to flood England management Germany Norway Integrated water and Italy soil management Monitoring network (concurrent) Japan Hydroclimate Seasonal South Korea forecasts (ongoing) Russia Turkey (KWPA) khuzestan It will be our great pleasure to share our experiences with fellow collaborators! (KWPA) Thank you for your attention! Email Addresses: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] .