Rice Irrigation System Soil and Water Assessment Tool (RIS-SWAT) is developed.
Impact of water management on water cycle was evaluated using RIS-SWAT model.
Compared with the current situation, a 20% reduction in canal water supply would not obviously reduce the rice yield.
Temporal and spatial distribution of irrigation water in different subbasins has little impact on the water cycle in small watershed scale.
20–40% reduction in canal water supply accompanied with much more ponds water supply would not reduce the rice yield.