SURFACE IRRIGATRION’S DESIGN, NUMERIC SOLUTION OF VOLUME BALANCE
SUMMARY.
Of total of the irrigated surface in Mexico, approximately the 90 per cent correspond it at surface irrigated
systems (Furrows, Basins and Borders mainly) being this that report the lowest efficiencies in the water use.
For this reason, it is necessary search alternatives to increase this efficiency. The pressurized irrigation
systems allow diminish the loss of water, however, the initial investments required limit their use. This
Panorama show that the surface irrigation is, and it will continue being the principal form of apply the water to
corps, therefore, an viable alternative to increase the efficiency of this method, is carry out an appropriate
design and handling of the variables that intervene in the irrigation event (flow, irrigation time, watering sheet
and geometry of the basin, border or furrows). With the purpose of supporting at the persons interested in the
surface irrigation, in this work, is presented the development of a computational program that designing
surface irrigation systems making use of the method of balance of volume applied to two points of the advance
trajectory, by means of the focus of the numeric solution proposed by Walker (1989), implemented in a friendly
environment.