July 05, 2021
Dear all,
We hope you are all doing well.
Here is a short update on spate activities!
New overview papers:
There are new overview papers on spate in different countries – Iran, Morocco, Kenya and coming soon overview papers on flood based farming in Ethiopia and Africa. We want to keep preparing these overview notes – as they help to spot the often still unknown – suggestions for documentation in other undocumented countries are welcome, esp. in Central Asia and in South America.
Translations of practical notes:
Please check the documents section on spate notes – several of the notes are now available in Arabic and in Amharic whereas translations in Urdu are on the way.
Mainstreaming spate irrigation in education:
A double degree course between unesco-ihe and haramayauniversity in ethiopia has started. also we have started to tape lectures to be used in education. let us know if you want to know more.
Videos:
New videos are being prepared. please check out www.thewaterchannel.tv for an instructive video on the post 2010 flood rehabilitation work in the spate areas of Pakistan
Uncovering great wisdom:
The Hadramawt in Yemen is an area with a very long history in spate irrigation – with sophisticated techniques used such as traditional bed stabilizers, conical abutments and escapes – these are documented in a book of which we have a few hard copies to share wherewas the soft copy in Arabic and in English is available of course at www.spate-irrigation.org.
Scanning documents from the pre-digital years:
We have started to scan several ‘old’ but very useful documents (essentially Phil Lawrence’s library) and will start placing them in the library section – studies on flows and hydrologeology etc.
Upcoming – Google Maps:
(courtesy John Ratsey) We hope to soon put in a link to several spate sites on google maps.
We look forward to hear from you – for suggestions, request, contributions, please mail: info@spate-irrigation.org.
Have a nice day
Abraham and Frank