330
15 Agricultural Water Management in Northern China
LIRMB River Water Resources
Management Division, Linze County
10 m
3
Fig. 15.3 Water ticket in Gansu Province
Notices:
1 The total volume of the allocated water
rights in the table refers to the user’s annual
water usage in a certain time.
2 The purposes of the allocated water rights
mainly refers to the user’s volume for
different purpose in the total volume, and
defined according to quota.
3 The agricultural water use is the volume at
the 3rd level irrigation canal.
4 The allocated water rights is the indicatore
in the average year, and will be change
according to water resources inter-year
change.
Fig. 15.4 Water Rights Certificate in Gansu Province. Elaborated by the author, based on-site
investigations
freely. The farmer or WUA would buy water tickets according to the rights defined
by their water certificates before each irrigation based on pre-payment procedures.
After the agricultural water rights reforms, each farmer now has a water certificate
and buys and uses water tickets for irrigation. Most irrigation districts in northern
China have completed the reform, including the inland river basins in Gansu Province
and the groundwater irrigation districts in the North China Plain. The reform has
greatly improved agricultural water resources management in China (Figs. 15.3 and
15.4).
Water Rights Reform in Wuwei Prefecture, Shiyang RiverBasin, Gansu
Province
1
15 Agricultural Water Management in Northern China
LIRMB River Water Resources
Management Division, Linze County
10 m
3
Fig. 15.3 Water ticket in Gansu Province
Notices:
1 The total volume of the allocated water
rights in the table refers to the user’s annual
water usage in a certain time.
2 The purposes of the allocated water rights
mainly refers to the user’s volume for
different purpose in the total volume, and
defined according to quota.
3 The agricultural water use is the volume at
the 3rd level irrigation canal.
4 The allocated water rights is the indicatore
in the average year, and will be change
according to water resources inter-year
change.
Fig. 15.4 Water Rights Certificate in Gansu Province. Elaborated by the author, based on-site
investigations
freely. The farmer or WUA would buy water tickets according to the rights defined
by their water certificates before each irrigation based on pre-payment procedures.
After the agricultural water rights reforms, each farmer now has a water certificate
and buys and uses water tickets for irrigation. Most irrigation districts in northern
China have completed the reform, including the inland river basins in Gansu Province
and the groundwater irrigation districts in the North China Plain. The reform has
greatly improved agricultural water resources management in China (Figs. 15.3 and
15.4).
Water Rights Reform in Wuwei Prefecture, Shiyang RiverBasin, Gansu
Province
1