Inuyama Headworks

Japanese: 犬山頭首工 - いぬやまとうしゅこう
Inuyama Headworks

…Recently, it has become difficult to take water from these irrigation canals due to the lowering of the riverbed downstream from Inuyama. To improve this situation, the Nobi Irrigation Project was launched, and as part of this, in 1962 the Inuyama Headworks was completed just below the hill where Inuyama Castle stands, which simultaneously takes water from the Miyata, Kizu, and Hashima irrigation canals on the Gifu side. Separately, the Aichi Irrigation Canal, which irrigates the hilly areas in the eastern part of the Nobi Plain and the water-poor areas of the Chita Peninsula, takes water from the Kaneyama point on the Kiso River. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Inuyama Headworks" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最近になってこれら用水の取水が,犬山から下流の河床低下により困難になってきた。これを改善するために発足したのが濃尾用水事業で,その一環として1962年には宮田,木津および岐阜県側の羽島用水を同時に取水する犬山頭首工が犬山城のある丘のすぐ下に完成した。これとは別に濃尾平野東部の丘陵地および知多半島の乏水地を灌漑する愛知用水が木曾川の兼山地点から取水されている。…

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