Considerations on the expertise of pumping plants from irrigation systems

Abstract

The paper presented a series of concepts on the technical expertise of irrigation pumping stations. Sprinkling irrigation screens in operation show significant wear and aging phenomena. Any project for the rehabilitation and upgrading of a pumping station is based on technical expertise. It critically analyses the design, construction and operation of structural components and installations serving a pumping station. The technical expertise consists of four components: 1 - Critical analysis of the data on the achievement of the objective; 2 - field research and research on the behaviour of the objective during the exploitation period; 3 - complementary studies and research to define the response situations of the objective to the action of internal and external factors; 4 - the conclusions of the expertise and the directions of rehabilitation and modernization. The expertise for a sprinkler irrigation plot equipped with a pumping and pressure plant (considered a case study) highlighted the complexity of the rehabilitation and modernization process. The rehabilitation process must be carried out in successive stages and by using modern equipment and technologies.