M.Tech / ICAR-NET · Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Design of Farm Drainage Systems

IDE-502 Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Syllabus topic plan

1. 01Salt-affected waterlogged areas in India
2. 02Water quality criteria and brackish water use for agriculture
3. 03Drainage requirements and crop growth under waterlogged soils
4. 04Concept of critical water table depth
5. 05Drainage investigations and drainage characteristics of soils
6. 06Methods of drainage and drainage coefficient
7. 07Theories of surface and subsurface drainage
8. 08Planning, design and installation of drainage systems
9. 09Vertical, horizontal subsurface and multiple well-point drainage
10. 10Drainage materials and filter/envelope design
11. 11Steady and unsteady drainage equations for layered and non-layered soils
12. 12Hooghoudt, Kirkham, Ernst, Glover-Dumm and Kraijenhoff equations
13. 13Drainage for salinity control; salt balance and leaching requirement
14. 14Disposal of drainage effluents; reclamation of salt-affected areas

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