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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Irrigation management
    sub title: principles and practices
  name:
    name part: Burton, Martin
    name part: Dr
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Ebooks.
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (x, 375 pages) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: This book draws on the author's experience and work over 30 years and in some 28 countries in the management, operation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage schemes. The book provides knowledge for management of irrigation and drainage systems in the 21st century, covering the traditional technical areas related to system operation and maintenance and expanding managerial, institutional and organizational aspects related to the changing political, social and economic environment. It emphasizes the management of irrigation as a business enterprise, moving management thinking out of traditional public sector mindsets to more customer-focused, performance-oriented service delivery. The book aims to provide practical guidelines to improve the three key processes of management, operation and maintenance of such systems. In the management context, it deals with institutional issues, such as water law, and management structures and management processes, including establishing and working with water users associations, restructuring irrigation and drainage agencies, fee setting and cost recovery. In the operation context, the book provides practical guidance on key operation processes, including irrigation scheduling at main system and on-farm level, and performance management tools. In the maintenance context, it covers maintenance management processes, including maintenance identification, planning, budgeting, implementation, supervision and recording. Asset management is increasingly used as a tool for maintenance management, and is covered in some detail.
  table of contents: Components of irrigation and drainage systems -- Management -- Operation of the main system -- Operation at the on-farm level -- Maintenance -- Training -- Irrigation management transfer and organizational restructuring -- Performance assessment, monitoring and evaluation.
  note: Martin Burton.
  note: Description based on opening page (viewed Mar. 25, 2015).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: This title is restricted to authorized TAMU and TAMHSC users on authorized TAMU computers and via proxy.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Irrigation
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Drainage
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Crops, Agricultural
  subject:
    topic: Water Supply
  classification: TC812 .B87 2010
  classification: 333.91/3
  classification: TC 812 B974i 2010eb
  identifier: 9781845935177 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1845935179 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781845935160 (alk. paper)
  identifier: 1845935160 (alk. paper)
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  access condition: This title is restricted to authorized TAMU and TAMHSC users on authorized TAMU computers and via proxy.
  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 100419
    record change date: 20190418084010.0
    record identifier: in00004515222
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng