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Table 2 Main features of electric pumps of irrigation schemes excluding stand-by and booster pumps

From: Analysis of water–energy–crop nexus indicators in irrigated sugarcane of Awash Basin, Ethiopia

No.

Schemes

Number of pumps

Pressure heads (m)

Discharges of each pump (lit/s)

Water sources

1

WPS

8

7

450

Awash river

2

APS

2

20

500

Main canal of AGS

3

KPS

6

30

280

Main canal of MGS

4

WTPD

3

45

210

Awash river

5

DPC

3

53

290

Awash river

6

DPD

6

74

290

Awash river

  1. Source Own compilation from respective sugar factories