Sains Malaysiana 42(8)(2013):
1101–1108
Performance
of Shallow Tube Well on Groundwater Irrigation in
Tropical Lowland
Rice
Cultivation Area
(Prestasi Telaga Tiub Cetek untuk Pengairan Menggunakan Air Bawah
Tanah
di Kawasan Penanaman Padi Tanah Rendah Tropika)
Mohd Fauzie Jusoh*, Mohamed Azwan Mohamed Zawawi, Hasfalina Che Man & Suzilawati Kamaruddin
Department of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang,
Selangor D.E., Malaysia
Diserahkan: 28 Jun 2012 /Diterima: 25 Januari
2013
ABSTRACT
Groundwater irrigation is one of the alternative methods to
irrigate the paddy crops beside surface water. The use of shallow tube well for
paddy irrigation is able to overcome water scarcity especially during dry
season and off planting season in Malaysia. The performance of a shallow tube
well was evaluated based on well efficiency and pump efficiency. The study was
conducted at Seberang Perak Integrated Agricultural Development Area (Seberang
Perak IADA).
In this study, on-off automatic water controller was installed in the field and
connected to the pump system which gave the command to the pump to irrigate the
field during pre-saturation and normal growth plantation period. Water level
inside the pumping well and cultivation plot was observed and recorded by the
water level transducers. The result of the study showed that the pumping well
is moderately productive with the well efficiency between 91 and 94%. The
submersible pump efficiency was 87.5%. The potential yield of the pumping well
was 450 m3day-1 and
it was enough and sufficient to irrigate 1 ha of paddy field.
Keywords: Groundwater irrigation; pump efficiency; shallow tube
well; well efficiency
ABSTRAK
Pengairan dengan menggunakan air bawah tanah merupakan salah satu
cara alternatif untuk mengairi tanaman padi selain menggunakan air permukaan.
Penggunaan telaga tiub cetek untuk pengairan padi boleh mengatasi masalah
kekurangan air terutamanya ketika musim kering atau musim penanaman luar waktu
di Malaysia. Prestasi telaga tiub cetek dinilai berdasarkan kepada kecekapan
telaga dan kecekapan pam. Kajian ini telah dijalankan di Kawasan Pembangunan
Pertanian Bersepadu Seberang Perak (IADA Seberang Perak). Dalam kajian ini,
pengawal aras air automatik buka-tutup telah dipasang di petak sawah dan
disambungkan kepada sistem pam untuk memberi arahan kepada pam untuk mengairi
kawasan sawah semasa peringkat pra-tepu dan pertumbuhan normal. Aras air di
dalam telaga pengepaman dan kawasan sawah telah dipantau dan direkod oleh
perekod aras air. Keputusan menunjukkan bahawa kecekapan telaga pengepaman
berada dalam julat 91 ke 94%. Kecekapan pam selam adalah 87.5%. Potensi hasil
bagi telaga pengepaman adalah 450 m3day-1 dan cukup untuk mengairi 1 ha kawasan
penanaman padi.
Kata kunci: Kecekapan pam; kecekapan telaga;
pengairan air bawah tanah; telaga tiub cetek
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*Pengarang untuk surat-menyurat; e-email: fauzie_jsh@yahoo.com
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