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3 unusual facts about Irrigation


Carl Hodges

He is the main driving force behind ideas of using sea canals to irrigate deserts.

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950, is an global organization for Irrigation and Drainage.

Phyla lanceolata

It is resident in many types of moist and wet habitat, including disturbed areas, such as irrigation ditches.


AA8

Gardiner's designated symbol for the hieroglyph for irrigation tunnels (Aa8)

Abd al-Rahman of Morocco

The Agdal Gardens of Marrakesh, an irrigated garden, originally established by the Almoravids in the 12th century and enlarged in the days of the Saadians was revamped, reforested and encircled by ramparts during the reign of Mulai Abd al-Rahman.

Alameda Dam

It provides flood protection and irrigation for this area of Saskatchewan, along with protection for Minot, North Dakota.

Atbarah River

In 1964, the river was dammed by the Khashm el Girba Dam near Kassala in Sudan to provide irrigation up to the newly built town of Halfa Dughaym in an otherwise fairly arid region and to resettle the Sudanese population driven away by the Aswan High Dam (Sad al-Aali) in Egypt, which flooded 500 km of the Nile Valley in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

Chakhansur District

The economy is primarily based on agriculture and the necessary water for irrigation is dependent on the status of the Sistan Basin, an endorheic basin which periodically becomes dry.

Dabancheng District

The water that is not used up for irrigation locally flows into the district's several small lakes (Yanhu, Xiao Yanhu, and Chaiwopu Lake), or down the Baichang River into the Toksun County.

Ernest Woodford Birch

He was instrumental in introducing a new land survey system into Perak and in urging forward the Kerian irrigation scheme.

Farah Province

A 1995 Oxfam report lists Farah as "severely mined", and indicated that Farah was particularly problematic due to the wide variety of mine devices employed there, as well as usage of mines to deny access to irrigation systems.

Ferdinand Waititu

Ferdinard Waititu (born January 1, 1962 in Kibera, Nairobi) is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Embakasi Constituency and assistant minister for Water Services and Irrigation in the government of Kenya.

Geraldine, New Zealand

Follow the road beside the Rangitata River (a world-class white-water rafting and salmon fishing river, which also provides vital irrigation to surrounding districts) into the upper Rangitata River valley for some of the most spectacular alpine and high country scenery in New Zealand.

Hexiwu

Mu Jin and Zhang Xin directed efforts by more than 5,000 workers from the Ministry of Public Works to repair the damage and restore the irrigation system.

Imo State Polytechnic

The Otamiri River runs past its border, making it ideal for all year round agricultural production through irrigation.

Indira Gandhi Canal

After the construction of the Indira Gandhi Canal, irrigation facilities were available over an area of 6770 km² in Jaisalmer district and 37 km² in Barmer district.Irrigation had already been provided in an area of 3670 km² in Jaisalmer district.

Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award

Ponnala Lakshmaiah (Minister, Major Irrigation, Govt of Andhra Pradesh)

Israel–Kenya relations

The Kibwezi irrigation project of 1991 was a joint effort between the two countries.

Jains

Jain Irrigation Systems (often known as Jain Irrigation, JISL, or simply Jains) is a canonical of a multinational organization based in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Kallanai Dam

In 1804, captain Caldwell, a military engineer was appointed by the British to make a study on the Kaveri river and promote irrigation for the delta region.

Karhade Brahmin

Traditionally the Karada Brahmins in close association with the Rajapur Saraswat and Naik communities, were involved in horticultural activities and were pioneers in ground water cultivation and irrigation techniques.

Kingsely Namakhwa

He is the current Deputy Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development together with Deputy Minister Margaret Mauwa in the September 2011 Cabinet of Malawi under the Minister Peter Mwanza.

Limón Dam

When completed, the project will help produce 4,000 GWh of electricity per year and transfer water from the Cajamarca region west to Lambayeque, near Olmos for the reclamation and irrigation of 43,500 hectares of farmland.

Little Lost River

Along its course the Little Lost is used for irrigation, but the only settlement of any size is Howe, situated near the mouth.

LNN

Lindsay Manufacturing, an American manufacturer of center pivot irrigation systems

Lockington, Victoria

The district features an extensive network of irrigation channels and these are said to feature the giant "Loch Ness yabby".

M. B. Patil

This achievement of M B Patil is said to be a milestone in the history of Bijapur district's development in water irrigation amongst other developmental works in Babaleshwar.

Magat Dam

Implementation of this multipurpose project was based on the preliminary study conducted in 1973 by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) with the assistance of the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Medical Australia Limited

It supplies over 140 products to public and private hospitals and critical care services worldwide, including: Burettes Sets, Extension Sets, Intravenous Sets, Irrigation Sets, Transfusion Sets and TUTA Hand Pump Sets.

Mijares River

This river is the main source of irrigation water for agriculture in the Plana Baixa comarca.

Mirabelle plum

It is also naturalized in the Ebro Valley in parts of Zaragoza, Teruel, Lleida and Tarragona, and can be found near rivers, irrigation canals and road ditches.

Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad

MM Ahmad’s biggest contribution was in the signing of the Indus Basin Treaty and the procurement of development assistance from bilateral and multilateral donors for the construction of Mangla and Tarbela Dams as well as a huge irrigation network.

Montfort Agricultural Secondary School

Irrigation is provided from the neighbouring village of Ubaruku by Mbarali Rice Farms, a branch of the National Food Corporation (NAFCO).

Nahravan

Nahrawan Canal, an ancient Persian irrigation system in modern-day Iraq

Narayanapuram, Khammam

Water resource for the irrigation is NSP canal but nowadays water is not coming regularly.

Nasal irrigation

The earliest record of nasal irrigation is found in the ancient Hindu practice of Ayurveda whose roots are traced to the Vedas.

Nikong Pool

One guess is that the lake was built in the ancient time for serving the agricultural irrigation nearby, most probably during the Ming Dynasty.

North Victorian Wetlands

Many are also affected by salinity caused by land clearance, agriculture and irrigation practices, resulting in raised levels of groundwater and highly saline watertables.

Office du Niger

The irrigation scheme utilizes two ancient branches of the Niger River, the Fala de Molodo that runs northwards from the Niger for 135 km to the Alatona region and the Fala de Boky-Wéré that runs in an east-northeast direction towards the town of Macina.

PN Saxena

He then shifted to Dehradun at an early age of 6–7 years to take admission in the first standard as his father was posted already in Dehradun as ‘Accountant’ in the Department of Irrigation.

Quirino Paulino

The report points out that Paulino employed engineer Henry Duval, a PLD director, who was director of the INDRHI in San Juan de la Maguana during the 1996-2000 Fernández Administration as chief of irrigation in one of his farms in 2000 when the latter was fired from his government post with the change of government.

Rajapaksa family

Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Speaker of Parliament (2010-), Minister of Irrigation & Water Management (2007-2010), Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries (2004-07), Deputy Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South (2000-01), Member of Parliament for Hambantota District (1989-) + Chandra Malini Wijewardene

Ramrai

Notable people from the village include Chaudhary Dal Singh, the first Irrigation and Power Minister of Haryana, and Parminder Singh Dhull, the MLA for the Julana constituency of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for term 2009-2014, and Amarjit Singh Dhull founder of IB School Rohtak, Ukindo international charity (www.ukindo.org), Vision Fostering (UK) amongst others.

Region of Murcia

Under the Moors, who introduced the large-scale irrigation on which Murcian agriculture depends, the province was known as Todmir; it included, according to Idrisi, the 11th century Arab cartographer based in Sicily, the cities of Orihuela, Lorca, Mula and Chinchilla, Spain.

Shyamal Mondal

Shyamal Mondal is an Indian politician and the present Minister of State for Sunderban Affairs (Independent Charge) and the Minister of State for Irrigation and Waterways in the Government of West Bengal.

Sun River

The water of the river is used extensively for irrigation, through the Sun River Project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Uinta Basin Replacement Project

Big Sand Wash – Roosevelt Pipeline - The Big Sand Wash – Roosevelt Pipeline will deliver project M&I water to Roosevelt, Utah as well as project irrigation water to the lower portions of Lake Fork drainage systems.

The Uinta Indian Irrigation Project - The principal Indian irrigation project in the Basin is the Uinta Indian Irrigation Project.

Water resources management in Syria

The Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (MAAR) is responsible for the rational use of water for agricultural purposes, for minimizing water consumption and encouraging the use of modern irrigation techniques.

Water security in Australia

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Total Environment Centre campaigned for restoration of some environmental flows to the Snowy River which had been diverted to the Murray River by the Snowy Mountains Schemefor irrigation and power generation.

William A. Richards

This job lasted until 1912, when he traveled to Melbourne, Australia as a delegate for the U.S. Committee on Irrigation.

William Chaffey

Alfred Deakin, then a minister in the Victorian government and chairman of a royal commission on water supply, visited the irrigation areas of California in 1885 where he met George and William Chaffey.


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