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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Irrigation water losses

Irrigation water losses

  • Evaporation water losses
  • Water losses from dams
  • Water losses from irrigation canals

Nature

In hot, dry areas of the world evaporation rates from open surfaces can exceed local rainfall.

Incidence

Up to 45% of irrigation water is lost and never reaches the plants it was meant for.

Broader

Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Presentable
Leaks
Unpresentable

Narrower

Seepage water losses from irrigation systems
Presentable

Aggravates

Disruption of the hydrological cycle
Presentable
Vulnerability of arid developing countries
Unpresentable
Limited irrigation water
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Inappropriate management of dams
Presentable
Aquatic weeds
Presentable

Related

Limited irrigation water
Unpresentable

Strategy

Improving farm irrigation systems
Presentable
Mulching soil
Yet to rate

Value

Loss
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
E8796
DOCID
11587960
D7NID
165013
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/irrigation-water-losses
Last update
Oct 4, 2020