Irrigation pond - Irrigation pond

Japanese: 灌漑用溜池 - かんがいようためいけ
Irrigation pond - Irrigation pond

…However, today, irrigation using large dams is becoming more commonplace, replacing reservoirs. At the same time, many irrigation reservoirs in urbanized areas are either sold to meet the demand for urban water or demolished and used for urban land use. In this situation, it is necessary to give full consideration to new functions and multipurpose uses of reservoirs, such as using them as intermediate storage facilities between the main irrigation channel from the dam and the terminal channel to conserve and use water effectively, preserving them as recreational spaces, and using them as disaster prevention reservoirs that compensate for the loss of water retention and flood areas due to urbanization and prevent precipitation from running off into river channels, in addition to their original irrigation function. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "irrigation ponds" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,今日では溜池に代わって,大型ダムによる灌漑が広く行われつつある。また,一方では都市化地域における灌漑用溜池では都市用水の需要のため売水されたり,壊廃して都市的土地利用として使用されているところが少なくない。このような状況において,溜池をいたずらに壊廃することなく,ダムからの幹線灌漑水路から末端の水路に至る中間の貯留施設として用水の節水と効果的利用の役割を担わせたり,レクリエーション・スペースとして保存したり,本来の灌漑機能に加えて,都市化による保水・遊水地域の減少を補い,河道への降水の流出抑制機能をもつ防災溜池として利用するなど,新しい機能や多目的な利用についても,十分考慮する必要がある。…

※「灌漑用溜池」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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