• Canal is an artificial Structure, generally trapezoidal
in shape constructed on the ground to carry water to fields either from river or from tank or reservoir Classification • Based on discharge and its relative importance irrigation net work canals –Main Canal • Main Canal takes off directly from the upstream side of weir head works or dam. • Usually no direct supply to fields or Water courses • Feeds Branch Canals and Major Distributaries –Branch Canal • Offtakes from main canal • Discharge of 5 cumecs or more • Feeds Major and Minor Distributaries • No Direct Irrigation in General –Major Distributaries (Rajbha) • Lesser discharge than Branch canals • Takes off from Branch Canals or Main Canals • Discharge between 5 cumecs and 0.25 cumecs Classification • Based on discharge and its relative importance irrigation net work canals –Minor Distributaries (Minors) • Lesser discharge than Major Distributaries • Takes off from Branch Canals or Distributaries • Discharge below 0.25 cumecs –Water Courses • Small Channels • Feeds the Fields • Takes off from Distributaries (Sometimes from Branch Canal for nearby fields) Classification • Based on discharge and its relative importance irrigation net work canals Classification • Based on financial output – Productive Canals • Yield a net revenue to the nation after full development of irrigation in an area – Protective Canals • Relief work for protecting a Famine affected region Classification • Based on the function – Irrigation Canal • Carries water from its source to agricultural fields. – Carrier Canal • Feeds another canal. – Feeder Canal • Feeds two or more canals. – Navigation Canal • Used for transport of goods. – Power Canal • Used to carry water for generation of hydroelectricity. Classification • Based on source of supply – Perinnial Canal • Continuous source of water supply. – Inundation Canal • Draws its supplies from a river only during the high stages of the river. Classification • Based on boundary surface of canal – Alluvial Canals • The canals when excavated through Alluvial soils, Such as Silts are called alluvial canals – Non Alluvial Canals • Excavated through Non Alluvial Soils like Loam Clay, Hard Soil, Murram, Rock etc. – Rigid Boundary Canals • Rigid sides and base • Lined canals Classification • Based on alignment – Contour Canal • The ridge line (watershed) may above the river, Canal could takeof only as Contour Canal Initially • A contour canal irrigates only on one side because the area on the other side is higher. – Ridge Canal • The dividing ridge line between the catchment areas of two streams(drains) is called the watershed or ridge Line. • The canal which is aligned along any natural watershed (ridge line) is called a watershed canal, or a ridge canal • Aligning a canal (main canal or branch canal or distributary) on the ridge ensures gravity irrigation on both sides of the canal. – Side Slope Canal • A side slope canal is that which is aligned roughly at right angles to the contours • Canal runs parallel to the natural drainage flow - does not intercept drainage channels – No cross-drainage structures. Classification • Based on alignment – Ridge Canal Classification • Based on alignment – Contour Canal Classification • Based on alignment – Side Slope Canal Canal Allignment Typical Cross Sections Typical Cross Sections Typical Cross Sections Components of Cross- Section • Side slope • Berm • Freeboard • Bank • Service road • Back Berm or Counter Berm • Spoil Bank • Borrow Pit Side Slope • The side slopes should be such that they are stable, depending upon the type of the soil. • A comparatively steeper slope can be provided in cutting rather than in filling, as the soil in the former case shall be more stable. Berms • Berm is the horizontal distance left at ground level between the toe of the bank and the top edge of cutting. • The berm is provided in such a way that the bed line and the bank line remain parallel. • If s1: 1 is the slope in cutting and s2:1 in filling, then the initial berm width = (s2 – s1) d1. • When water flows in the canal at FSL (Full Supply Level), silt particles are deposited on the berms and make the final side slope to 1.5:1 Berms • Purposes of Berms – They help the channel to attain regime conditions. – They give additional strength to the banks and provide protection against erosion and breaches. – They protect the banks from erosion due to wave action. – They provide a scope for future widening of the canal. Free Board • The margin between FSL and bank level is known as freeboard. • The amount of freeboard depends upon the discharge of the channel. Bank • The primary purpose of banks in to remain water. • The can be used as means of communication and as inspection paths. • They should be wide enough, so that a minimum cover of 0.50 m is available above the saturation line. Service Roads • Service roads are provided on canals for inspection purposes, and may simultaneously serve as the means of communication in remote areas. • They are provided 0.4 m to 1.0 m above FSL, depending upon the size of the channel. • Dowla: – As a measure of safety in driving, dowlas 0.3 m high and 0.3 to 0.6 m wide at top, with side slopes of 1.5: 1 to 2:1, are provided along the banks. – They also help in preventing slope erosion due to rains etc. Counter Berms Back Berms • Even after providing sufficient section for bank embankment, the saturation gradient line may cut the downstream end of the bank. • In such a case, the saturation line can be kept covered at least by 0.5 m with the help of counter berms as shown in figure below. Spoil banks • When the earthwork in excavation exceeds earthworks in filling, even after providing maximum width of bank embankments, the extra earth has to be disposed of economically. • To dispose of this earth by mechanical transport, etc. may become very costly, and an economical mode of its disposal may be found in the form of collecting this soil on the edge of the bank embankment itself. Burrow Pits • When earthwork in filling exceeds the earthwork in excavation, the earth has to be brought from somewhere. • The pits, which are dug for bringing earth, are known as borrow pits. Burrow Pits • If such pits are excavated outside the channel, they are known as external borrow pits • If they are excavated somewhere within the channel, they are known as internal borrow pits. • Internal borrow pits are more preferred than external one. • The inside borrow pit may be located at the centre of canal. • The idea behind this is that the borrow pits will act as water pockets where the silt will be deposited and ultimately the canal bed will get levelled up Balancing Depth • Economic Canal is possible only if, ƩCut = Ʃ Fill • If the amount of Cutting and filling are equal, then no need of Spoil Bank or Burrow pit • For a cross section there is only one depth ‘d’ of canal which enables, ƩCut = Ʃ Fill • This depth is called Balancing Depth
Cutting Area = Total Filling area
Regime Channel • When the character of the bed and bank materials of the channel are same as that of the transported materials and when the silt charge and silt grade are constant, then the channel is said to be in its regime and the channel is called regime channel. • This ideal condition is not practically possible. Canal Lining • Necessity – Preventing Seepage Losses – Increased Velocity by reduced friction – Increased Discharge – Prevention of Erosion of bed in high velocities – Retard growth of weeds – Reduction in Maintenance Canal Lining • Advantages – Water conservation – Preventing Seepage Losses – Avoiding Water-Logging in adjoining – Rugosity Co-efficient is reduced, by increased smoothness – Increased velocity – decreased losses due to evaporation – Only a Narrow Cross section is needed as the velocity is increased (to keep constant discharge) – Higher velocity offers flatter hydraulic gradient or bed slope – Better command is obtained – Higher velocity prevents silting – More stable banks – Reduced maintenance and possibility of breaching due to increased stability – Reduced weed growth – Increased head availability – flatter gradient – Assures economical water distribution – Avoids contact of water with harmful salts Canal Lining • Disadvantages – Heavy initial cost. – Difficulty in providing outlets – Difficulty in Maintenance – Absence of berm – absence in additional stability for vehicular and pedestrian traffic Canal Lining • Types of Lining Hard Surface Buried and Protected Earth Type Lining Membrane type Lining Lining • Cement concrete • Soil Cement • Prefabricated Light Lining Lining membrane Lining • Shotcrete lining • Clay puddle (Geo-membrane) • Precast Concrete • Sodium • Bentonite soil and Lining Carbonate Lining Clay membrane • Cement Mortar lining Lining (Geosynthetic Clay • Brick Lining Liner - GCL) • Stone Blocks • Road Oil Lining Lining • Asphaltic Lining Canal Lining • Cement Concrete Lining – It has high initial cost so its use is limited. – It has excellent hydraulic properties – Thickness varies from 5-10cm for M 15 concrete and 7.5 to 15cm for M 10 concrete. – A subgrade is prepared and compacted. – Subgrade is saturated to a depth of 30cm in sandy soil and15cm in other soils. – Lay a base coat of 1:4 cement and sand slurry on the subgrade. – Spread oil paper/crude oil on the subgrade. – The concrete is usually laid in alternate blocks. Canal Lining • Shotcrete Lining – Shotcrete consumes large amount of cement. – Cement and Sand in the ratio (1:4) is shot at the subgrade through a nozzle. – Thickness of this type of lining varies from 2.5 to 6.5 cm. – Shotcrete is also used for repair of old but sound concrete lining. Canal Lining • Precast Concrete Lining – This consists of precast slabs usually 90cm x 30cm in size. – Thickness of each slab varies from 5 to 6.5 cm. – Blocks are manufactured with an interlocking arrangement. – Slabs are laid on well prepared and compacted subgrade. Canal Maintenance Maintenance • Problems associated with Canals • Silt Removal – Flushing – Silting of Canals – Silt Scouring Fleet – Breaching of Canal due to – Bundle of throny bushes Weak Banks – Iron Rakes – Weed Growth – Reduction in Area of by Flow – Over flow of Canal Banks – Stirring of Silt by Water Jets – Dredging – Excavation • Strengthening of Canal Banks – External Silting System – Internal Silting System – Formation of Berm by Internal Silting – Formation of Back Berm • Weed Control Canal Regulation • Canal Falls • Head Regulator or Head Sluice • Cross Regulator • Canal Escape • Canal Outlet Falls or Drops • A structure designed to secure lowering of the water surface in a canal and to dissipate safely the surplus energy so liberated, which otherwise scour the bed and banks of the canal Falls or Drops Necessity: • Velocity in a canal is a function of the slope of the canal. There is a limit for the velocity, so that the canal bed can neither be scoured nor silted up. Hence there is a limiting surface slope in the canal. • The slope of the country, where the canal system has to run will naturally be steeper than the surface slope the canal system that has to come up. To bring the velocity with in the permissible velocities, falls or drops are introduced at suitable locations. • Falls are combined with regulators, bridges, and escapes. Falls or Drops • When the slope of the ground suddenly changes to steeper slope, the permissible bed slope can not be maintained. • It requires excessive earthwork in filling to maintain the slope. • In such a case falls are provided to avoid excessive earth work in filling Falls or Drops Falls or Drops • Types of Canal Falls – Ogee Fall – Rapid Fall – Stepped Fall – Notch Fall – Vertical Drop fall – Glacis Type Fall • Inglis Fall • Montague Type Fall Falls or Drops • Ogee Fall Falls or Drops • Ogee Fall Falls or Drops • Rapid Fall Falls or Drops • Rapid Fall Falls or Drops • Stepped Fall Falls or Drops • Notch Fall Falls or Drops • Notch Fall Falls or Drops • Vertical Drop Fall Falls or Drops • Vertical Drop Fall Falls or Drops Glacis Type Fall Montagu Type Fall Ingllis Type Fall (Parabolic Glacis Fall) (Stright Glacis Fall) Falls or Drops • Well Fall Falls or Drops • Sarda Fall Sluices • Types of Outlet – Non-Modular • Pipe Outlet – Semi Modular or Flexible • Pipe outlet discharging freely in atmosphere • Kennedy’s Gauge Outlet • Open Flume Outlet • Orifice Semi-Modules – Rigid Module • Gibb’s Module • Khanna’s Rigid Module • Foote Module Sluices • Pipe Outlet Escapes • Types – Canal Scouring Escape – Surplus Escape – Tail Escape Escapes Surplus Escape Cross Drainage Works i. Works Carrying Canal over Drainage i. Aqueduct ii. Syphon Aqueduct ii. Works Carrying Drainage over Canal i. Super Passage ii. Canal Syphon iii. Works Admitting Drainage Water into Canal i. Level Crossing ii. Inlet and Oulet Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Canal over Drainage – Aqueduct • The hydraulic structure in which the irrigation canal is taken over the drainage (such as river, stream etc..) is known as aqueduct. • This structure is suitable when bed level of canal is above the highest flood level of drainage. • In this case, the drainage water passes clearly below the canal. Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Canal over Drainage – Aqueduct Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Canal over Drainage – Syphon Aqueduct • In case of the siphon Aqueduct, the HFL of the drain is much higher above the canal bed, and water runs under siphonic action through the Aqueduct barrels. Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Canal over Drainage – Syphon Aqueduct Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Drainage over Canal – Super passage •The hydraulic structure in which the drainage is passing over the irrigation canal is known assuper passage. •This structure is suitable when the bed level of drainage is above the flood surface level of the canal. The water of the canal passes clearly below the drainage •A super passage is similar to an aqueduct, except in this case the drain is over the canal. •the FSL of the canal is lower than the underside of the trough carrying drainage water. Thus, the canal water runs under the gravity. Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Drainage over Canal – Super Passage Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Drainage over Canal – Canal Syphon • The hydraulic structure in which the drainage is taken over the irrigation canal, but the canal water passes below the drainage under siphonic action is known as siphon super passage. • This structure is suitable when the bed level of drainage is below the full supply level of the canal. Cross Drainage Works Works Carrying Drainage over Canal – Canal Syphon Cross Drainage Works Works Admitting Drainage into Canal – Level Crossing • When the bed level of canal and the stream are approximately the same and quality of water in canal and stream is not much different, the cross drainage work constructed is called level crossing where water of canal and stream is allowed to mix. • With the help of regulators both in canal and stream, water is disposed through canal and stream in required quantity. • Level crossing consists of following components – Crest wall – Stream regulator – Canal regulator. Cross Drainage Works Works Admitting Drainage into Canal – Level Crossing Cross Drainage Works Works Admitting Drainage into Canal – Inlet and Outlet. • When irrigation canal meets a small stream or drain at same level, drain is allowed to enter the canal as in inlet. • At some distance from this inlet point, a part of water is allowed to drain as outlet which eventually meets the original stream. • Stone pitching is required at the inlet and outlet. • The bed and banks between inlet and outlet are also protected by stone pitching. • This type of CDW is called Inlet and Outlet. Cross Drainage Works Works Admitting Drainage into Canal – Inlet and Outlet. THANK YOU