Evaluation of irrigation performance of Asartepe Irrigation Association A case study from Turkey

The objective of this study was to evaluate the irrigation system performances of the Water User Associationsin Asartepe irrigation scheme in Turkey. Based on the field study, amount of water delivered to command area, waterdelivered to irrigated area and relative water supply were determined as 3.975-7.368 m3/ha, 8.586-13.611 m3/ha and0,99-2,05, respectively. The financial performance indicators including cost recovery ratio, maintenance expenditureto revenue ratio, operating cost per unit area, total cost per person employed on water delivery, revenue collectionperformance, unit area per staff member were found out as 52-170 %, 24-38 %, 47-109 $/ha, 1.523-5.611 $/staffmember, 54-100%, 83,1-105,0 ha/staff member respectively. As regard to productive performance, output per unitcommand area, output per unit irrigated area, output per unit irrigation supply and output per unit water consumedwere determined as 1.979 - 2.262 $/ha, 3.534 – 4.930$/ha, 0,28-0,55 $/m3, 2,79-3,37 $/m3, respectively.