Automation of Irrigation Canals

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
15 Jun 2025 Cairo, Egypt $ 3,500 Register
07 Sept 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

Automation of Irrigation Canals

Introduction

Objectives

    To provide irrigation engineers an understanding of the different types of automation schemes that are available, and the advantages and disadvantages of each scheme. The participants will have an opportunity to see canal automation equipment in action

Training Methodology

The training methodology is interactive with group exercises and is suitable for all employees involved in functions management. The pace and level of the training workshop is customized to the understanding of the delegates. Ongoing back-up and support is available after the training on request to the supplier, and the training course is also available for in-house presentation as well as for “Competency Transfer”.

Who Should Attend?

The course is designed for irrigation engineers who have responsibility for planning and designing schemes for automated flow monitoring and control in irrigation systems on behalf of water users organizations or government agencies

Course Outline

The course focuses on problems with existing water delivery schedules, prerequisites for improved performance of irrigation canals and the need for automation, real-time estimation of crop water requirements, flow measurement structures, upstream and downstream control operational concepts and methods, automation equipment, local control using hydro mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, feedback, constant-volume and constant-level control, data transmission equipment, advantages and disadvantages of gate stroking algorithm for scheduled deliveries, real-time feedback control for demand deliveries

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