Spate Irrigation

"Floods are not always a hazard. They may also sustain aquatic life and riverine biodiversity, recharge aquifers, enrich soilds and in some of the world's poorest areas they are the main source of irrigation."

Global Water Partnership (2000) 'Toward water security: a framework for action'

News & Recent Additions

  • News
    • New in the library: a section with presentations used during the Spate Irrigation meetings in Sudan. They present the first outcomes on the solutions-oriented program in Sudan. Click here to view it. Also find valuable presentations in Agadir 2011.
    • New in the library: A draft tripartite agreement for the construction of spate improvement works and rehabilitation of water structures. Click here for a download. Also added to the library: Review of: Traditional Practices of O&M for Spate Schemes in Yemen.
    • New article uploaded in the Library on water rights in the perennial flow in the spate irrigation systems of Pakistan. Click here for a download.

THE SPATE IRRIGATION NETWORK

is a network of spate irrigation professionals and practitioners. The network stimulates the development of programmes of implementation that improve the livelihoods of those in spate irrigation areas, exchanges experiences and good practices, helps upgrade training, identify priority fields for improvement and research and development. Read more...