B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 6

Groundwater, Wells and Pumps

IDE6.2 Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 03Groundwater hydrology and hydrologic cycle, groundwater resources
2. 05Occurrence and movement of ground water, aquifer and its types
3. 06Aquifer properties, groundwater flow direction in relation to 3 groundwater contours
4. 07Classification of wells, fully penetrating tube wells and open wells
5. 09Darcy's law, determination of hydraulic conductivity by laboratory and 3 field method
6. 10Groundwater hydraulics- Dupit's assumptions and Dupit's method
7. 11Thiem's method; Well interference; determination of aquifer
8. 13Design of tube well and gravel pack, sanitary protection of tube wells
9. 14Groundwater exploration techniques
10. 16Development of tube well; Basin wise ground water development, safe 3 yield, factors governing safe yield, computation of safe yield by Hill's 3 method, conjunctive use of ground water

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.