Caracterización del regadío en la zona regable del Valle de Lemos (Lugo, España)

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Tomas S. Cuesta
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Xan X. Neira
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Carlos J. Álvarez
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Javier José Cancela
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
No 3 (2007), Original articles, pages 23-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/rr.id5317
Submitted: 13-07-2018 Published: 11-09-2018
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The first step towards the implementation of performance of the actions envisaged in the National Irrigation Plan (NIP) is to analyse water use in traditional irrigation. Moreover, the social impacts of irrigation on rural areas must be evaluated, and the common irrigation practices must be determined. This paper presents the results of a study conducted in the Lemos Valley irrigation district (Lugo, Spain). Irrigation evaluations were conducted in nine trial sites, representing the existing soil types. A sample of irrigation users were interviewed to gather information about water use, land tenure and irrigation socioeconomics. This irrigation district is characterised by low water use efficiency, significant losses in the distribution network, fragmented land ownership and a poor use of the available infrastructure. Yet, water availability and an important distribution network render the modernisation of this traditional irrigated land a challenging task that must be faced.

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Irrigation management, Modernisation, Social parameters
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