Water Management (Paper Code: 17010711)

Watershed concepts, objectives of watershed management, delineation of watershed, inventory of natural resources in watershed; soil erosion, types of erosion and erosion resistant and erosion permitting crops, contour bunds, graded bunds, terracing, water harvesting structures; recycling of runoff water- protective and supplemental irrigations; agronomic measures- suitable cropping systems, conservation tillage technique – in-situ conservations measures

Micro irrigation: introduction, scope, different types of micro-irrigation systems, conventional surface and micro irrigation systems, principles, advantages, limitations and adaptability to crops; soil water availability, irrigation frequency, irrigation scheduling in micro irrigated crops; Wetting pattern and wetted area under sprinklers and emitters

Fertigation – water soluble fertilizers; speciality fertilizers, components of micro irrigation system, design, installation of systems, operation and maintenance of systems fertigation equipments, uniformity co-efficient, monitoring and evaluation of these systems

Problematic water –quality of water, classification of water, management of saline, sodic and sewage water, crop responses to problems waters

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Study of agronomic measures of soil and moisture conservation, evaluation of treatment effect on moisture conservation, analysis of rainfall, estimation of runoff

Study and design of conservation structures- contour bunds, study and design of graded bunds and terrace system, study of water harvesting structures,

Visit to Bunga watershed, visit to Balawas watershed, study of different components of sprinkler irrigation,

Study of layout of sprinkler irrigation, field determination of distribution pattern and uniformity co-efficient of sprinkler system,

Study the operation and maintenance of sprinkler system, study of different components of drip irrigation, layout of drip irrigation, operation and maintenance of drip system,

Calculation of application rate, field study of wetting patterns under an emitter in different soil types, fertigation through sprinkler and drip system of irrigation, calculation of fertilizer requirement for fertigation,

Assessment and interpretation of water quality data for use in irrigation, analysis of water for EC, pH, RSC; study of economics of micro irrigation,

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