Disclosed are irrigation systems and methods, e.g., for rectal/anal irrigation. In some aspects, a system comprises a reservoir for an irrigating liquid, a probe for arrangement in a user, tubing providing fluid communication between said reservoir and probe, and an electrical pump for indirectly pumping irrigation liquid from the reservoir to the probe through said tubing, said electrical pump being controllable to assume a plurality of predetermined flow rates. The system may comprise an electrically operable valve to continuously control a degree of openness of said tubing, a flow sensor to measure an actual flow rate of the irrigation liquid in the probe, and a controller to obtain a desired flow rate, and control the flow rate of the electric pump to one of said plurality of flow rates exceeding the desired flow rate, and to continuously regulate the electrically operable valve based on the measured actual flow rate.
