Evaluation of acipayam irrigation association performance

The study was conducted in Acıpayam irrigation scheme in Denizli. The total irrigation area of Acıpayam sheme is 11 269 hectares and the net irrigation area is 10 300 hectares. Acıpayam irrigation sheme was put into operation in 1997 and the responsibility of operation maintenance and management was transferred to Acıpayam Irrigation Association. Monitoring and evaluation have been considered as part of the management process in recent years. In this context; taking into account the current situation of the Acıpayam Irrigation Association, it was aimed to determine by making use of some performance indicators such as water distribution, financial and production of the irrigation scheme. According to the results obtained from the study, water distribution performance; the amount of irrigation water distributed between 2007 and 2018 is 11 330 000-57 190 000 m3/year, the annual amount of irrigation water distributed to the unit area is 1 100-5.5552 m3/ha, the annual amount of irrigation water distributed to the unit 4 747-9 793 m3/ha, annual water supply rate 0.59%-1.19%, as financial performance; recycling rate of investment cost 74%-143%, per unit area operating maintenance management costs 129.4-355 TL/ha, water charge collection performance 46.9-99.8%, as production performance; total annual agricultural production value is 10 229 658-25 817 050 $, income from unit irrigation area 993-2 507 $/ha, income from irrigated unit area 1 866-5 134 $/ha, unit irrigation water received from the network income was 0.245-1.082 $/m3.