The dynamic behavior of water quality and quantity in the egyptian drains is often viewed as a disruption to the normal operation and performance of the process of water reuse in irrigation. The elsalam canal project escp as shown in figure 1 is one of the mega projects that aims at irrigating 620,000 feddan in north sinai. Elsalam canal project in egypt where agriculture drainage water adw is expected to be reused for irrigation. The models simulate the canal reach from its intake at damietta branch until the point just before the suez canal syphon.
In this study, an assessment for a proposed irrigation system in the elsalam canal cultivated land, egypt, was conducted. A real time water quality monitoring network and water. Elhammam canal and its extension, nw coast of egypt, authorahmed sayed ahmed sayed, year20 ahmed sayed ahmed sayed. Development of elsalam canal automation system citeseerx. Regression based modeling and numerical simulations for the. This control system is represented by a canal computer model. It then moves east under the suez canal in some tunnels. The actual irrigation design group assesses the information, specifies the precise crop water demands, does hydraulic computations in order to determine the pieces and structure of your irrigation system, the water pressure which will likely be utilized all through the. Pdf irrigation water quality evaluation in elsalam canal project. Chemical water quality investigations azza hafez a, maaly khedr a, kamel elkatib a, hanaa gad alla a, samir elmanharawy b a chemical engineering and pilotplant department, national research center, cairo, egypt tel. Desalination 227 2008 274285 elsalaam canal project, sinai ii. A2 elsalam canal project description elsalam canal project as shown in figure 2 is in the eastern nile delta.
Assessing the agricultural drainage water with water. Forbes davidson, institute for housing and urban development studies, the netherlands. Elsalam canal is a potential project reusing the nile. Project manager of field investigation and mathematical model study of the intakeoutlet configuration of nobaria power plant the bot project, 640 mw, which is located at nobaria canal, 7. Evaluation of the project participatory slum upgrading in elhallous and elbhatini, ismailia, egypt final report. Elsalam canal project cultivated lands results from the lack of specific studies and guidelines for the suitability of these techniques with brackish irrigation water in saltaffected soils. Eldegwi et al 10 focused on the bod parameter as a good measure for the organic load in. Holding company distributes, operates, and maintain facilities, and provide onfarm. The canal represents the largest agricultural drainage water reuse.
Application of remote sensing to site characterisation and. This fresh water gets mixed with drainage water from the egyptian delta, to increase water reuse. The sustainable rural sanitation services program for results srssp was effective on december 2015 to support the nrsp in a number of. This study adopted the irrigation wq index iwqi and an analogous index based on a fuzzy logic approach, namely, the fuzzy logic water reuse index fwri to assess the water quality in the elsalam canal project in. Elsalam canal was designed to sup ply the irrigation water to a total area of 620,000 feddans consisting of 220 thousand feddans on the western side of the suez canal and 400 thousand feddans east of the suez canal in sinai. Therefore the elsalam canal project escp was established by the. This paper introduces an automation system for elsalam canal to control the flow of the fresh water and drainage water supplied to the canal. Elsalam peace canal, having a mixture of such drainage water and the nile water 1.
Land cover map delineation, for agriculture development. As an associate investigator in the project titled improving wheat production in saline and alkali soils of elsalam canal project funded by ministry of agriculture and land reclamation, egypt. A numerical model hydrus2d3d was applied to investigate the effect of irrigation amount, frequency, and emitter depth on the wetted soil volume, soil salinity levels, and deep percolation under subsurface trickle irrigation sdi of tomato growing with brackish. Jul 30, 2008 desalination 227 2008 274285 elsalaam canal project, sinai ii. Pdf elsalam canal is a potential project reusing the. Transfer of low cost farming technologies from large investors to small investors and individual farmers. Advice on operational management system for elsalam canal project. This eight station network will be complemented with an automated weather station with a central command centre.
Land cover map delineation, for agriculture development, case. B outline map of elsalam canal development project, showing the course of the canal and the. The chemical and microbiological quality of the canal water were monitored along two successive years, to follow effects of seasonal and spatial distribution along the first 55 km course. Pdf evaluation of the land resources for agricultural. The water quality index wqi is considered one of the most promising methods for the classification of water quality wq, which also contributes to water resource management. Irrigation water quality evaluation in elsalam canal project article pdf available in international journal of advances in engineering sciences and applied mathematics 31. Publicprivatepartnership in irrigation and drainage in egypt. Sadat called his proposed canal alsalam, meaning the peace. Elsalam canal project 50% of the project area is allocated to large investors, 20% to small investors, and 30% to small farmers. Ten different water sampling locations of elsalam canal project were selected to cover the implemented studied area to evaluate the chemical properties of this. It then moves east and then again south to hadoos drainage. Their combined citations are counted only for the first. The lowest point of the tunnel dewatering point is. In arsinoe, ptolemy constructed a navigable lock, with sluices, at the heroopolite gulf of the red sea, which allowed the passage of vessels but prevented salt water from the red sea from mingling with the fresh water in the canal.
Production of activated carbon from oil palm empty fruit bunches for. Ten different water sampling locations of elsalam canal project were selected to cover the implemented studied area to evaluate the chemical properties of this water during the. Assessing the agricultural drainage water with water quality. International journal of ecology and development research. Increasing the effficincy of elsalam canal project. Increasing the effficincy of elsalam canal project using.
The mubarak peace bridge, also known as the egyptianjapanese friendship bridge, al salam bridge, or al salam peace bridge, is a road bridge crossing the suez canal at elqantara, whose name means the bridge in arabic. They reclaimed the land for producing fish in large fish ponds and continued doing aquaculture, in spite of government plans for agricultural use. In this respect, elsalam peace canal is considered as a unique project brings the nile water to the eastern deserts of north sinai. Impact of sea level rise on groundwater level at project area. Investigation of elsalam canal project in northern sinai, egypt. Simulation of water quality for the elsalam canal in egypt. The control of such behavior has been challenging and often elusive in practice. The actual irrigation design group assesses the information, specifies the precise crop water demands, does hydraulic computations in order to determine the pieces and structure of your irrigation system, the water pressure which will likely be utilized all through the irrigation system, as well as the irrigation scheduling. In addition, there is sheikh jaber canal project second phase of al salam canal, at a total cost of 62 million pounds, in order to serve about 9,000 feddans at raba area within the. The core of this project is building a siphon under the suez canal and constructing alsheikh gaber canal to cultivate 1680 km2 400 thousand feddans east of the suez canal. As an agricultural canal, the elsalam canal was selected because it is the largest, currently ongoing adw reuse project in egypt. Evaluation of modern irrigation techniques with brackish.
A a satellite image for the canal beginning of the elsalam siphon under suez canal. Therefore, this paper presents a framework to advance the understanding and opportunities for improving the reuse. However after a site visit site in january 2008, nl03 was changed. Feasibility studies and designs took almost 10 years and implementation of escw started in 1987 and is almost complete. The canal elsalam starts at its intake on the right bank of damietta branch of the nile, some 3 km upstream of the farskour dam. Elsalam canal, regression model, drainage water reuse, water. Management practices for elsalam canal project, egypt. Papers published in refereed international journals. B outline map of elsalam canal development project, showing the course of the canal and the five i, ii, iii, iv, v future targeted cultivated. Project summary and jbics cooperation this project is aimed to build pumping stations and related facilities including power transformation facilities to secure the water level in the main irrigation canal elsalam canal on the 82 km extension linking the damietta effluent in the eastern side of the nile delta in egypt with the suez canal. Numerical evaluation of subsurface trickle irrigation with. Pdf elsalam canal is a potential project reusing the nile delta. Irrigation water quality evaluation in elsalam canal project.
Evaluation of the programme strengthening of national. Flood forecasting and warning system for dam operation project ii 16. It is often considered to define the border between africa and asia. Constructed by the suez canal company between 1859 and 1869, it officially opened on 17 november 1869. The bridge links the continents of africa and asia. An inscription on a pillar at pithom records that in 270 or 269 bce, it was again reopened, by ptolemy ii philadelphus. Elsalam canal is a potential project reusing the nile delta. This automatic control system acs is able to process data of various flows and water quality data along the canal. Extending al salam canal to the proposed palestinian state. Elsalam canal is a potential project reusing the nile delta drainage. The distribution of emergent vegetation within the lake has also changed.
Simulated wq data using a onedimensional hydrodynamic model indicated that the wq deteriorated towards the downstream of the canal due to the polluted water discharged from canal feeders e. At the onset of the escp, it was assumed that the total drainage water available from hadus and lower serw drains is around 3. Only a small portion of the cultivated land located in the western side of suez canal has recently been irrigated by surface drip irrigation. The four strategic sites on the nile river selected for this project were nl03, nl34, nl39 and nl42. The lowest point of the tunnel dewatering point is approximately 43 meters under sea level. Microbial and chemical water quality article pdf available. Elsalam canal takes its supply of water from the right side of damietta tributary at km 219, adlia city before farskour dam that. For this purpose, elsalam canal project was initiated in 1987 as an integral a part of the north sinai development project. The lack of studies in this regard hampers potential benefits of these systems in view of higher initial costs as.
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