(a)  To promote drainage as part of integrated water resources management. In this regard exchange of information, knowledge and experience among the WG members in order to be up to date with new developments, methods and approaches. Prepare and present reports and/or case studies on recent developments in the countries that are represented in the WG; organise international drainage workshops; (b) To collect and review manuals, guidelines, codes of practice and standards on drainage schemes of various countries and prepare universal draft standards; (c) To promote sustainable approaches for drainage and related projects through a balanced integration of environmental, economic, and social and cultural aspects. In this regard nonconventional drainage methods such as bio-drainage, dry-drainage, controlled drainage and reuse of drainage water will be given due attention; (d) To prepare an overview paper on the state of the art on the topic for publication in Irrigation and Drainage (IRD); (e) To hold drainage conferences and workshops with collaboration of NCs and close collaboration to hold two International Drainage workshops (14th and 15th IDW); and (f) Collecting data of the World Drained Area and keep it updated through WG members and NCs information according to Goal E, Strategy E5 (Compilation of Global Data Sets on Irrigation and Drainage), Clause 5.3 (Datasets for Drainage Area) of Road Map of ICID Vision 2030.

14th International Drainage Workshop

30 May 2024 - 1 June 2024, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Ismoili Somoni Avenue, 26/1, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Theme: Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage Systems to Adapt to Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Sub-Theme 1: TS-1: Modernization of irrigation and drainage systems to adapt to climate change: current state of management, science, technology, and successful international, regional, national practices
Sub-Theme 2: TS-2: Harmonizing Sustainability: Empowering Young Professionals and Gender Inclusivity in Integrated Water Resources Management”.
Sub-Theme 3: TS-3: Nexus Approach: Strengthening the “water-energy-food” interactions.

Contact: Dr. Bahrom Gaforzoda, Secretary, Tajikistan National Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (TajNCID), Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, 5/1 Shamsi str., Dushanbe, 734064, Republic of Tajikistan. 
 

Email: secretariat@tajncid.tj, Website: https://tajncid.tj/

Agendas of the Meeting

Minutes of the Meeting

Bali, Indonesia, 2019

1. Drainmod Model Adaptation for Developing Recommendations to Maintain Water Table in The Tertiary Block of Tidal Lowland Reclamations Areas (A Case Study in Sugihan Kanan Under Corn Cultivation)
2. Working Group on Drainage - Completion of the Mandate: 2019 - Theme: System
3. Adaptive Measures at Farm Levels Water Management to Cope with Climate Change (Case Study of Mohanpura Project)
4.  Green infrastructures V/S drainage water quality
5. Biosaline Agriculture (Haloculture) Pilot Complex

2018 — Artificial Wetlands in Khuzistan, Iran : Problems and solutions by Er. Mojtaba Akram and Er. Ardavan Azari (IRNCID)

2016 — "Bio-drainage for Management of Waterlogging and Soil Salinity", by Gurbachan Singh and K. Lal

Montpellier, France, 2015

1. Assesment of Traditional Drainage System with Special Reference to Karnataka State, India- A Case Study by Mr. Ramana Gowda, P., Krishnamurthy, N., and Ranjithkumar, T. M.
2. Drip Irrigation and Drainage between Water Saving and Salinity Control: Field Evidence from the Lower Cheliff (Algeria) by Mr. Hartani.T
3. Reuse of Drainage Water in Iraq by Mr. Julien Lecollinet
4. Sub-Irrigation and Controlled Drainage Increase Yields and Mitigate Acid Loading in Finnish Cultivated Acid Sulfate Soils byy Mr. Seija Virtanen
5. Performance Evaluation of Improved Subsurface Drainage System by Ms. Shaoli Wang

Gwangju, Rep. of Korea, 2014

1. First informal meeting of new WG-DRG (now WG-SDG)
2. 12th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), 2014, Russia
3. 13th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), 2017, Iran

Deficit Irrigation Implication to Drainage by Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab, President, ICID (30 June 2022)

• Working Group on Sustainable Drainage (WG-SDRG) [2013-2020]
• Working Group on Drainage (WG-DRG) [1983-2013]
• Work Team on Environmental Impacts of Reclamation Projects (1986) Renamed Working Group on Environmental Impacts of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Projects (WG-ENV) (1986). WG on Environmental Impacts of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Projects (1986-2008) changed its name WG on Environment (2008)

The 14th International Drainage Workshop, on the topic: Modernization of irrigation and drainage systems for adaptation to climate change and sustainable development, will be hosted by the Tajikistan National Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (TajNCID) in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, September 2023. For more information, please visit.