Department of Agricultural and Plantation Engineering

Faculty of Engineering Technology

The Open University of Sri Lanka

AGI4555 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Academic year 2020/2021
TMA 01
Last date of Submission: 06/08/2021
Answer all questions. Do not copy the text directly from lesson materials. Use the principles and
basic facts in the lesson materials and you are required to collect relevant information from external
sources too.

Indicate the reference list. Follow any standard format (Ex: Harvard, IEE) for writing the
Bibliography/References.

Deadline for the assignment is fixed and strict.

Q:1
a) List the main purposes of irrigation (10 marks)
b) Discuss the factors which limit the use of drip irrigation among Sri Lanka farmers
(15 marks)

Q:2
a) Discuss the importance of estimating evapotranspiration in irrigation scheduling
(10 marks)
b) Discuss briefly three (3) methods of evaluating evapotranspiration (15 marks)

Q:3
a) Briefly explain the Kennechy’s critical velocity concept used in designing canals
(10 marks)
b) Design a suitable section for an irrigation canal to convey 150m3/s flowing through
Reddish Brown Earth (Manning’s n= 0.05) with a bed slope of 0.2%. The section of the
canal is trapezoidal with sides 1:1 (Vertical: Horizontal) (10 marks)
 c) Check if the flow in the above canal (in section (b)) is in the non-silting, non-scouring
range (5marks)

Q:4
Write short notes on following.

(i). Factors affecting the site selection for dams

(ii). Types of spillways

(iii). Differences between permanent wilting point and temporary wilting point

(iv). Effective rainfall

(v). Net irrigation requirement

(each section carries 05 marks)