Preface

1. Introduction: Management of canal networks at the age of informationtechnology. With the miniaturization of sensors and their decreasing costs,the paradigm of instrumentation of the built infrastructure and the environment hasnow been underway for several years, leading to numerous successful and sometimesspectacular realizations such as the instrumentation of the Golden Gate with wire-less sensors a few years ago. The convergence of communication, control and sensingon numerous platforms including multi-media platforms has enabled engineers toaugment physical infrastructure systems with an information layer, capable of real-time monitoring, with particular success in the health monitoring community. Thisparadigm has reached a level of maturity, revealed by the emergence of numeroustechnologies usable to monitor the built infrastructure. Supervisory Control AndData Acquisition (SCADA) systems are a perfect example of such infrastructure,which integrate sensing, communication and control. In the context of managementof irrigation networks, the impact of this technology on the control of such systemshas the potential of significantly improving efficiency of operations.For more information please click the “Full Text” above