Factors Affecting on Achievement of Water User Associations (Irrigation Network of Qazvin Plain)

Nowadays, the water issue become one of the major crises in the world and has proven its key role in making life better for the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the success of watersheds in Qazvin plain irrigation network. The statistical population of this study was 160 members of the hydropower organization (farmers) of Qazvin plain. A simple random sampling method was used and the Cochran formula was used to determine the statistical sample size of 90 utilization. The data gathering tool was a standard questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha coefficient for different parts of the questionnaire aboveα =./72 obtained. The results of correlation analysis show that there is a positive and significant relationship between educational level variables and land ownership with the success rate of water supply system. On the other hand, there is a negative and significant relationship between the history of membership in the water supply organization and their assessment of the success rate of the water supply organization at a 99% confidence level. The results of a multiple regression analysis indicated that the variables of social and managerial characteristics can predict 54 percent of the variability in the success rate of the water supply organization