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Jelle Beekma
Jelle Beekma is a senior water resources specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), with more than 30 years of experience in irrigation, drainage, water supply and sanitation, and transboundary river basin management and related policy and institutional issues. He has experience in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America as a government employee, researcher, consultant, and presently as a senior water resources specialist for ADB.
For most of his projects and research work, he has used or supervised the use of GIS, modelling, and remote sensing to develop robust designs functional under different scenarios, as well as decision-support systems for investments, operation and maintenance, and flood early warning. Apart from planning and designing investments and supervising detailed designs, he has implemented and supervised water resources management projects, focused on basin management, irrigation and drainage systems, and flood protection. He has also worked on salinity control and agricultural drainage in various settings from semi-arid to coastal plains with sea-level-rise-induced salt intrusion.
Jelle is interested in innovations in water management that combine the use of new digital tools at various levels with improved resilience and management. Examples of such innovations are better water productivity by integrating drip irrigation, fertigation and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), earth observations integrated in early warning systems and irrigation scheduling, and mobile phone-based irrigation discharge measurements
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Optimization of Canal Management Based on Irrigation Performance Analysis Using Satellite Measurements
This brief discusses how remote sensing and satellite imagery were used for irrigation evaluation at the Lower Bari Doab Canal in Punjab, Pakistan. It identifies solutions to maximize the delivery of scarce water resources in irrigation systems.
The remote sensing-based decision support system provides insight into irrigation requirements and potential water distribution improvements at the at the Lower Bari Doab Canal. The study presented in the brief highlights the potential of the system as a tool for improving irrigation management, monitoring, evaluation, and productivity.
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Water Conservation Strategies for Beijing Capital Region
This brief presents methodologies, high-level technologies, and policies that can help the People’s Republic of China, particularly Beijing, accelerate and enhance water conservation planning.