Symons Rain Gauge – Diagram | Advantages | Disadvantage

The most widely used non-recording type gauge in the world is Symon’s Gauge. As the type of this gauge predicts that it does not record the rain instead of this it only collects the rain. A graduated cylinder is incorporated for measurement of the collected rain. The receiver also called, junction or connecting bottle has … Read more

Water Lodging, What it is? and How to prevent and Control it?

If water table rise to such a level through capillary action to the surface & root zone, that it cannot conveniently permit an anticipated activity this situation is called Water Lodging.   Water Lodging, What it is? and How to prevent and Control it? Water lodging means the saturation of soil with water. Soil may … Read more

What is Canal Lining, Types of Canal Lining

Conservation of water supplies is increasingly important as the demand continues to increase and new sources of supply are becoming increasingly scarce. The principle of conservation requires that full use of available water be made by minimizing the water loss due to seepage during conveyance in the canals. Canal lining offers the solution because it … Read more

Download Irrigation and Hydraulic Structures by Dr. Iqbal Ali [PDF]

The subject of Irrigation has assumed a worldwide importance since it holds the key to provide food to the teeming billions living in developed and developing countries. The science of irrigation engineering vary from situation to situation. The science of irrigation engineering vary from situation to situation. In the riverless middle east it depends on … Read more

Download Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures by Santosh Kumar Garg PDF

The first edition of this popular book was published in August 1976. At that time, the book contained 25 chapters with 963 standard size pages, as compared with the 33 chapters and 1572 large sized pages in this 19th edition. Never, even in his dreams, the author thought at that time, that this book will … Read more