ANNUAL WORK PLAN YEAR 1

Water Level/Discharge (MIC); Complaints (MIC); Violations (MIC); MISD (IWMU); Water
Quality (Water Quality Management Unit); Groundwater (Groundwater Sector); Maintenance
Worksheets (West Sharkiya Directorate); and BCWUA (CDIAS).
Establish Digital Mapping Capacity – A digital mapping program at district and directorate
level will be introduced during Year 1 using Global Positioning System–Geographic
Information System (GPS–GIS)-raster imagery technologies. Staff from the IWMDs, supported
by the directorates, will carry out the work. Staff will be trained, and equipment provided by the
project. The IWMD staff will be trained to do GPS field surveys. The spatial data collected by
the district staff will provide baseline information for accurate delineation of branch canal and
district boundaries in each directorate; visualization of irrigation system layout, including branch
canal irrigable and service areas, water structure locations, groundwater well locations, water
monitoring sites, and district, directorate and BCWUA office locations; and computed urban,
BCWUA, district, and directorate areas. One of the outcomes of the mapping activities will be a
MWRI–MALR agreement on irrigable area for each district. Once agreed upon, these area
figures will be incorporated into the MISD database to provide more accurate water demand
figures.
Monitor Water Flows at the Branch Canal Level – Achieving equitable allocation of water at
the branch canal level requires a mechanism for measuring flow to each branch canal. During
Year 2, after the IWMD and directorate water measurement teams have been formed and
trained, IWRM II will work with the Central Directorate for Water Distribution and the MWRI
Hydraulic Research Institute to select one pilot branch canal in each of the eight target
directorates to test different flow measurement techniques, structures, and types of equipment.
Based on the results, guidelines will be developed for branch canal flow monitoring. IWRM II
will work with the IWMDs, BCWUAs, and MALR to determine the best way to involve water
users in the monitoring program to ensure efficient allocation, equitable distribution, scheduling,
and delivery of irrigation water at the branch canal level.
A flow chart showing the activity schedule, draft indicators, and targets for the LOP is shown in
Figure 9.
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