Irrigation Water management
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The official GTU curriculum for Irrigation Water management (subject code ME01065061) as prescribed for CE · Semester 1 divides the course into 4 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01065061)Unit 1 Water resource availability; Concept of crop water requirement; Direct and
- Indirect measurements/estimation of crop water requirement
- water quality
- Irrigation water standards
- Soil water-plant relationship
- Crop planning and crop patterns
- Determination of consumptive use of crops
- Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater
Unit 2 Irrigation efficiency, Irrigation scheduling, Methods of crop improvement,
- Soil and fertility management
- Irrigation water application methods-surface methods
- Simulation of flow in surface irrigation systems
- Performance evaluation
- Sensitivity analysis
- sprinkler and drip irrigation method
Unit 3 Drainage of water-logged areas, Surface and subsurface drainage systems,
- Saline and alkaline soils
- Plants response to saline soils
- Salttolerant crops
- Reclamation and management of salt-affected soils
- Measurement of irrigation water
- Water Quality modelling
- Desalination of irrigation water
- Remote Sensing
Unit 4 Automation and control and regulation of canals, Operation and management
- of irrigation projects
- Command area development organization and their role in water management
- Modernization of existing irrigation projects