Table 3 Agricultural water demand and supply management alternatives.

Demand management

(1) Development/Rehabilitation/Renewing of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(1–1) Development and Implementation of the Main Irrigation and Drainage Network in the 7 Remaining Irrigation Units of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(1–2) Rehabilitation/Renovation of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network in Under-Operation Irrigation Zones (10 Irrigation Units)

(1–3) Development of On-Farm Irrigation and Drainage Network in the Remaining Areas of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(1–4) Equipping and Renovating Paddy Lands in the Remaining Lands of Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(1–5 Mechanization of Paddy Lands

(2) Improve the Management of Operation and Maintenance of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(2–1) Strengthening the Irrigation Management Institutions of the Sefidroud Irrigation Network with Public Participation

(2–2) Establishment of a Water User Association to Promote Stakeholders Participation in the form of Training, Holding Workshops and Upgrading the Capacities of Irrigation Management Institutions within the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(2–3) Supervision of Sefidroud Irrigation Network Operation by Consultant Engineers and Providing Documentation for the Irrigation Management Institutions

(2–4) Establishment of Agricultural Water Use Monitoring System in the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

Supply management

(3) Wastewater Management

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(4) Inter-Basin Water Transfer within the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(4–1) Development and Rehabilitation of small reservoirs in the Sefidroud Irrigation Network

(4–2) Inter-Basin water Transfer within the Sefidroud Irrigation Network through the Construction of Diversion and Rubber Dams in the Downstream of Rivers and Drains