WATER MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (WMI) Report on the Determination of KAC Water Losses and Recommended Solutions for Improvements; Situational Assessment June 2018 This publicationDetermination was produced of KAC Water for Losses review and byRecommended the United Solutions States for Agency Improvements for International – Upper KAC Development. 1 It was prepared by Tetra Tech. CONCEPT PARTY DATE First draft completed: WMI March 25, 2018 Presentation to JVA: JVA March 28, 2018 Concurrence received: JVA May 13,2018 May 28, 2018 Final version submitted: WMI (per the modified J4 deliverable table in contract modification no. 4) Final version approved: COR June 26, 2018 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Tetra Tech under the USAID Water Management Initiative (WMI) Contract No. AID-278-C-16-00001. This report was prepared by: Tetra Tech 159 Bank Street, Suite 300 Burlington, Vermont 05401 USA Telephone: (802) 658-3890 Fax: (802) 495-0282 E-Mail: [email protected] Tetra Tech Contacts: José Valdez, Chief of Party, [email protected] David Favazza, Project Manager, [email protected] All photos are by Tetra Tech unless otherwise noted. WATER MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (WMI) Report on the Determination of KAC Water Losses and Recommended Solutions for Improvements; Situational Assessment Intervention No. 3.3.7: Support Improving the Conveyance System Efficiency in Jordan Valley May 2018 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ II LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................IV 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 WMI PROJECT .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 HYDRAULIC SCHEME IN THE JORDAN VALLEY .............................................................................................. 1 1.2.1 King Abdullah Canal ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 BACKGROUND ABOUT THE OPEN CANALS (LINED) WORLDWIDE AND THEIR EXPECTED PHYSICAL LOSSES WITH AGE ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 OBJECTIVES AND SOW .................................................................................................................................... 6 2.0 WATER BALANCE IN JV ..................................................................................................... 9 2.1 WATER LOSSES IN THE UPPER KAC BASED ON JVA WATER BALANCE ................................................... 9 3.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................ 11 3.1 INSTRUMENTS USED ........................................................................................................................................ 11 3.1.1 Sontek M9............................................................................................................................................ 11 3.1.2 Sontek IQ ............................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2 ADAPTATION OF INSTRUMENTS TO LOCAL CONDITIONS ....................................................................... 14 3.3 APPROACH ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3.1 Data Collection .................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3.2 Data Analysis....................................................................................................................................... 19 3.3.3 Separation of between Constant and Dynamic Loss ................................................................ 21 3.3.4 Estimation of Evaporation ................................................................................................................ 22 3.3.5 Difficulties Overcame ....................................................................................................................... 23 4.0 RESULTS .............................................................................................................................. 25 4.1 M9 AND IQ RESULTS FOR EACH REACH ...................................................................................................... 25 4.2 SUMMARY OF SCADA POINTS WITH ERRORS/ISSUES ................................................................................ 43 4.3 MONTHLY SUMMARY OF EVAPORATION LOSSES FOR 2017 ..................................................................... 44 5.0 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 45 6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................... 50 6.1 MEASURES TO OVERCOME THE LOSSES ........................................................................................................ 50 6.2 NEW TECHNIQUES USED TO FIX THE PHYSICAL LOSSES WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE SERVICE ...... 51 6.3 NEXT STEPS REQUIRED ................................................................................................................................... 52 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 53 APPENDIX A: NORTH JORDAN VALLEY WATER BALANCE .......................................... 54 Determination of KAC Water Losses and Recommended Solutions for Improvements – Upper KAC i LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Jordan Valley Hydraulic Scheme ................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: Map of the King Abdullah Canal (KAC) ...................................................................................................... 4 Figure 3: Ponding Test (Leigh and Fipps, 2017) .......................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4: Unmonitored Extractions from the KAC, July 2017 ............................................................................... 7 Figure 6: Trucks Extracting Water from KAC ........................................................................................................... 7 Figure 7: The KAC-SCADA Control Center ............................................................................................................. 7 Figure 5: Damage to KAC Lining ................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 8: Losses in the Different Part of the Northern JV Network .................................................................. 10 Figure 9: Multiple Beam Acoustic Doppler................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 10: SonTek M9 ADCP and Hydroboard ....................................................................................................... 11 Figure 11: SonTek M9 instrument deployed on the KAC, July 2017 .................................................................. 11 Figure 12: SonTek RiverSurveyer Software Data Display Page ............................................................................ 12 Figure 13: Preparing the SonTek IQ for Deployment in its Custom-Designed Frame, October 2017 ...... 13 Figure 14: Deploying the SonTek IQ in the KAC, October 2017 ....................................................................... 13 Figure 16: Two Variations of the SonTek IQ ............................................................................................................ 13 Figure 16: Sontek-IQ Canal Placement and Acoustic Beams ................................................................................ 13 Figure 17: SonTek-IQ Data Analysis Software ......................................................................................................... 14 Figure 18: A KAC Reach is Typically Defined as an Uninterrupted Canal Section between Two Check Gates ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 19: The SonTek M9 Operating on the KAC in July 2017 ......................................................................... 17 Figure 20: Identification of KAC Reaches and Measurement Locations ............................................................ 17 Figure 21: SonTek IQ Frame for Deployment in KAC, October 2017 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