B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 8 — Electives

Management of Canal Irrigation System

IDE8.17 Irrigation & Drainage Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Typical network of canal irrigation system and its physical components
2. 03Canal alignment: general considerations
3. 04Different parts of canal sections, performance indicators for canal 3 irrigation system evaluation
4. 05Estimation of water requirements for canal command areas and 2 determination of canal capacity
5. 06Base period, water duty and delta, relationship between base period, duty 2 and delta; factors affecting duty and method to improve duty
6. 07Silt theory: Kennedy's theory, design of channels by Kennedy's theory
7. 08Maintenance of unlined irrigation canals, measurement of discharge in 2 canals
8. 09Rostering (canal running schedule) and warabandi, rotational irrigation, 2 pre-requisite of warabandi
9. 10Necessity of canal lining: advantages and disadvantages, types of canal 3 lining and desirable characteristics for the suitability of lining materials, design of lined canals
10. 11Functions of distributary head and cross regulators
11. 12Canal falls, their necessity and factors affecting canal fall, types of canal 2 falls
12. 13Sources of surplus water in canals and types of canal escapes
13. 14Requirements of a good canal outlet and types of outlet
14. 15Participatory irrigation management (PIM), water user's association: 2 necessity, structure, function and duties

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.