water requirement (mm/day), WLR is Water layer
replacement (mm/day), and Re is effective rainfall
(mm/day).
Crop
water requirement (ET
) obtained from
evapotranspiration (ET
) multiplied by the crop
coefficient (K
). Evapotranspiration is calculated by
the Pennman-Modification formula. Pennman-
Modification calculates evapotranspiration according
to the equation (Doorenbos, 1977):
ET
c
W∙Rn
1W
∙f
u
∙
ea ed
Where ET
is reference crop evapotranspiration
(mm/day); W is temperature-related weighted factor;
Rn is net radiation in equivalent evaporation
(mm/day); f(u) is wind-related function; (ea – ed) is
difference between the saturation vapour pressure at
mean air temperature and the mean actual vapour
pressure of the air (both in mbar); and c is adjustment
factor to compensate for the effect of day and night
weather conditions. Based on the guidelines from the
KP, the amount of percolation (P) is between 1-3
mm/day, while Water layer replacement (WLR) is
performed 2 times, each 50 mm during the first month
and the second month after transplantation.
The time required for land preparation is 30-45
days. The water requirement for land preparation is
calculated using the formula:
IR Me
/e
1
Where IR is the water requirement at the rice field; M
is the water requirement to replace water loss due to
evaporation and percolation in saturated rice fields. M
is calculated by the formula
ME
P
Where E
is open water evaporation during land
preparation (mm/day) (E
is taken as 1,1 ET
); and P
is percolation (mm/day). K is calculated by the
formula:
K M ∙ T/S
Where T is the land preparation time (days); and S is
the water requirement for saturation plus 50 mm
water layer.
3.3 SRI Description
In SRI rice cultivation, the condition of water
availability in the land is regulated so that the land is
slightly dry but still sufficient for plant water needs.
Water supply for SRI method is based on 3 stages,
namely, nursery, land preparation, and breeding. The
breeding stage is divided into a vegetative phase and
a generative phase. After the breeding stage, which is
10 days before harvest, the land is left to dry.
The nursery time was 10 days with the interval of
watering is every 5 day and the thickness of the water
layer was 75 mm. The land area for the nursery is 5%
of the total land area. The time required for land
preparation is 30 days, with the watering interval is
every 5 days and the thickness of the water layer is 23
mm. Land area for land preparation is 95% of the total
land area. The time required for breeding stage is 90
days. At the breeding stage the thickness of the water
layer is 20 mm. The watering interval at the breeding
stage was different between planting seasons I, II, and
III. The watering intervals for the vegetative phase for
each planting season are every 8 day, every 5 day, and
every 5 day. Meanwhile, in the generative phase, the
watering intervals for each planting season are every
10 day, every 7 day, and every 7 day.
4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Conventional Method Analysis
Land preparation time was adjusted according to the
SRI method, which was 30 days. Water requirements
during land preparation can be seen in the table 1.
Before calculating the water requirement for rice
plants, the effective rainfall and evapotranspiration
are calculated first. The results of the calculation of
effective rainfall can be seen in table 2 while
evapotranspiration can be seen in table 3. Three
planting seasons were applied with the
planting
scheme
in each season being paddy – paddy – paddy.
The beginning of planting is on November I. The
results of calculating of net field water
requirement
(NFR) can be seen in table 4. The intake water
requirement is calculated by dividing the net water
requirement in the fields (NFR) by the overall
irrigation efficiency (eff). According to KP the
overall irrigation efficiency is 65%. By dividing the
NFR by eff and multiplied by the fields area (54,9
hectares), the water demand at the intake
(liter/second) is obtained. The water demand at the
Table 1: Water requirements for land preparation (mm/day).
Month Jan Feb Ma