Zero-One Programming Model for Daily Operation Scheduling of Irrigation Canal

Irrigation scheduling is one of the important managerial activities that aim at effective and efficient utilization of water. A number of scheduling techniques are available today. Despite this, irrigation scheduling is only at inception level in most of developing countries. In India also there are many methods of irrigation scheduling to canals are available. The drawback of this method of operation of laterals is highlighted in this paper. Further, operations of the laterals are to be simple so that the system can be managed easily. In addition, the supply to laterals should match with the day supply in the canal and total supply for the period. In this paper a Mixed Linear Integer Programming model is described, which aims at daily scheduling of laterals from the canal considering the constraints of the system. It is proposed to run the laterals, (except a lateral which is proposed to operate at variable discharge) either full/half or closed condition for making the laterals operation simple. This Zero-One Mixed Linear Integer Programming model is applied to a field problem to derive daily operation scheduling of laterals of the system.