ENSURING OF STABILITY AND EVEN WATER DISTRIBUTION AT NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS

Abstract

According to the results of the analysis carried out at the initial project phase, for IWRM–Ferghana system, a hierarchical water and land resources management structure reflecting both the present water relations and information flows formed within the framework of the project being implemented was recommended. Ferghana Valley basin management level including BWO information contacts was accepted as an upper management hierarchy level. At the second hierarchy level, there are large irrigation systems and separate canals (LSC) that are subordinate to BWO management level and provide bulk transfer and distribution ofwater resources among diverse WUAs and private farms. The following hierarchy level is Water User Association (WUA), defined as an independent water management unit that sets water resources limits on water intakes and controls water supply in the context of canals and administrative areas. As a lower management hierarchy level, separate private farm level was accepted where crop pattern and soil salinity conditions, irrigation technique and technical condition of on-farm irrigation and collector-drainage network were identified.