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TYPES OF SYSTEMS
There are three categories of irrigation systems: national, communal, and
private. National irrigation systems (NIS) are large and medium schemes. These are
basically operated and maintained by NIA where beneficiaries are charged irrigation
service fee for the services rendered in the delivery of water. In the 1980s, joint
management of portions of national systems with irrigators associations (IA) was
effected.
Communal irrigation systems (CIS) are small-scale schemes and constructed with the
participation of farmer-beneficiaries thru their IAs. The operation and maintenance
(O&M) of CIS is turned over to IAs upon project completion subject to a cost recovery
arrangement. Farmers amortize the chargeable cost for a period not exceeding 50 years at
0 percent interest. The repayment scheme is pre-arranged and acceptable to both NIA and
the IA.
Private irrigation systems are those constructed, operated and maintained by private
individuals or groups with or without technical assistance by NIA or other government
agencies.
NIA recently met with executives of Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. and
the Korean Export-Import Bank to discuss the construction of the P11.2 billion Jalaur
river multipurpose project phase in Iloilo City.
The contract will be signed in the first week of September, while ceremonial
groundbreaking is set in October. Construction may take about five years.
The project will cover the construction of a 109-meter Jalaur High Dam, the 38.5-meter
Afterbay Dam, 10-meter Alibutan Catch Dam, 80.74-kilometer Highline Canal, and its
appurtenant structures.
The Jalaur project is funded through an approved loan from the Economic Development
Cooperation Fund of Korea.
The project will benefit 24,000 farmers and contribute to the government’s goal of
achieving rice self-sufficiency.
It will also provide other incidental benefits, such as flood mitigation, environmental and
watershed management, promotion of eco-tourism, and fish culture.
References:
https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/07/28/1837319/nia-pushes-p112-
billion-irrigation-project-iloilo#GWzvPV0gpzxbGWay.99
http://www.chanrobles.com/legal3nia.html#.W-zXI-gzbDc
https://www.gktoday.in/gk/major-medium-and-minor-irrigation-schemes/
http://www.nia.gov.ph/?q=content/construction-irrigation-systems
http://www.nia.gov.ph/?q=content/project-preparation