The Nile River is the main source of water and the agricultural sector ranks first in its use of water, as the share of this sector is about 84% of the total amount of available water, and given that the amount of the Nile River water is determined according to the Nile Agreement in 1959 at about 55.5 billion cubic meters annually. Limited groundwater, scarcity of rainwater and the increase in demand for it year after year as a result of the increase in new reclaimed lands, so this requires rationalization and optimal use of water by using the development of traditional irrigation methods in the old lands by lining the sprinklers and using PVC pipes, whether buried under the soil surface or above Soil surface and the use of modern irrigation methods in the new lands.
The study aims to identify the economic impact of a study sample in light of the rational use of irrigation water and to evaluate some economic indicators that can be used to estimate the superiority of one of the irrigation systems over the other systems. It also aims to estimate the expected cost of irrigation using pipes buried under the soil and lined irrigation channels based on data Field survey of a sample of farmers in Kafr El-Sheikh and reports of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources.
The results of the study indicated that the costs of constructing the irrigated liner amounted to about 3096 pounds per faddan.