Abstract
Current climate and practicing a modern and sustainable agriculture imply the need to rehabilitate the entire network of irrigation systems found in Băilești Plain. There are 9 irrigation systems with 1.015 km of canals, spread over an area of 194.648 ha. These large constructions, which cross the Danube meadow and terraces, induced morphological changes due to the canals built and the slopes resulted. By investigating the types of canals built and their morphometric values, we were able to estimate the quantity of relocated materials, 53.918.820 m3. Failure to fully utilize the irrigation systems, deforestation and defective use of agricultural land have led to their degradation and amplification of geomorphological processes, especially on sandy surfaces. A complete analysis of the irrigation systems regarding their functionality, the existence of the Organizations for Water Users and the stage of rehabilitation contracts was carried out. The National Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Main Irrigation Infrastructure in Romania, aims at restoring the initial parameters for the functioning of the stations and canals by 2020. The purpose is to increase the irrigated areas, which nowadays are kept at a low value (50.000 ha) which fluctuates year by year.
Highlights
Current pedoclimatic conditions of Băilești Plain, an area vulnerable to aridity and drought, require irrigation
The analysis of the irrigation systems in the Băilești Plain involved the careful study of the maps provided by National Agency for Land Improvement (NALI), the Dolj Branch to see the spatial distribution of the arrangements, the types of canals, their length, as well as the type of pumping stations
Băilești Plain benefits from nine irrigation arrangements spread across its territory
Summary
Current pedoclimatic conditions of Băilești Plain, an area vulnerable to aridity and drought, require irrigation. Since 1991, the fragmentation of agricultural land, which did not take into account the configuration of the irrigation infrastructure at that time, has made irrigation arrangements inoperable. Since 2004, at the request of Water Users Organizations and Federations (WUO/FWUO) the National Agency for Land Improvement (NALI) has delivered, without payment, in their property/use, the secondary irrigation infrastructure. These organizations, as well as the other land owners or persons who own land in administration or in use, become the beneficiaries of irrigation arrangements on a contractual basis. (NALI, 2019) irrigated areas represent only 17% of the area with infrastructure This value fluctuates year by year depending on the water requirements. Defective use of agricultural land along with deforestation have led to soil degradation and amplification of geomorphological processes especially on sandy surfaces
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