Author: Jean Goussard, France

Year: 2000, ISBN: 81-85068-73-9

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Canal operation simulation models are acknowledged as very efficient tools for improving the design and operation of irrigation canal systems. The development of low-cost powerful personal computers has given access to computer simulation to a large number of potential users. Typically, the use of such models can be of great help for the comparison of various design alternatives, for the development and tuning-up of operational strategies and automatic control algorithms, and for operation or training.? In view of this, the erstwhile Working group on Construction, Rehabilitation and Modernisation of Irrigation Projects (WG-CONST), decided at its 1996 Cairo Session to prepare a catalogue of the canal operation simulation models currently available to potential users. The present document is a synthesis of the responses to a questionnaire that was sent to all national Committees of ICID and to organizations and individuals involved in development or use of such programs.? This report includes a description of 19 models that are currently in use around the world to assist with the operation of canal distribution systems. The document provides basic information on each of the models and details of model developers or licensing agents from whom the models can be obtained, and will be an invaluable source of information to those system designers and operators worldwide seeking to improve water delivery services.