UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR

TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Course Guide Book
Course Name : Irrigation Engineering Course Instructor: Aniley T., Wendifraw T. &
Wubayeh M.
Course Code: CEng5163 Degree: BSc in Civil Engineering
Credit point: 4cp (2hrs/lec, 2hrs/lab/pra) Consultation hours: will be scheduled
Module Name: Design of Hydraulic Structures & Irrigation
Pre-requisites: no Email:
Lecture Dates: March/2022 to June/2022 Section: I, II and III
Laboratory Room: N/A Office location: Atse Fasil Campus, F6
Target Group: 5th Year Civil Engineering
Semester: II Academic year : 2022

Course Weight Lecture Tutorial Lab /practical Home study Total hours
0 0 68 108 40
Course Objective: Provide students with the basic of irrigation design, selection of irrigation
Course Objectives: systems, determination of the quality and quality of water for irrigation and finally aims to
provide an understanding and skill of land drainage, surface and subsurface drainage
systems as well as drainage materials.
Competences to be At the end students will be able;
Acquired/course  To know the principles of irrigation systems
level To investigate the soil-water-plant relationships
competences  To choose the appropriate irrigation scheme
 To determine crop-water requirement
 To design various types of irrigation scheme
 Irrigation network and field distribution systems
 To know the standards of irrigation water
 Design surface and sub-surface drainage systems etc.
Weeks Hours Topics and subtopics Methodology Assessment

1) INTRODUCTION
1 1.1 Definition and Scope of Irrigation
4 1.2 Benefits and Ill-Effects of Irrigation Lectures and
1.3 Irrigation Development in Ethiopia tutorial
Assignment
1.4 Procedures for Feasibility Studies of Irrigation
1
Projects
2) SOIL-PLANT-WATER RELATIONSHIP
2-3 2.1 Soil characteristics Lectures and
6 2.2 Soil-Water Potential tutorial Quiz 1
2.3 Moisture Stress of Plants
2.4 Soil Moisture and Plant Growth
3-4 3) CROP-WATER REQUIREMENT
4 3.1 Reference Evapotranspiration Lectures and
3.2 Crop Water Requirements/Consumptive Use tutorial
3.3 Irrigation Efficiency and Irrigation Frequency
5-6 4) WATER APPLICATION TECHNIQUES
8 4.1 Land Grading, Survey and Design Lectures and
4.2 Border Irrigation tutorial Assignment
4.3 Furrow Irrigation 2
4.4 Check-Basin Irrigation
4.5 Sprinkler Irrigation
4.6 Drip Irrigation
7 5) CANAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM
4 5.1 Irrigation network and field distribution systems Lectures and
5.2 Alluvial and non-alluvial canals Systems tutorial Test
5.3 Horizontal and vertical alignment irrigation canal
5.4 Design of irrigation channel
8 6) SURFACE DRAINAGE AND SUB-SURFACE
4 DRAINAGE Lectures and
6.1 Standards of Irrigation Water tutorial Quiz 2
6.2 Saline and Alkaline Soils, Quality of Irrigation Water
6.3 Water Logging and Land Reclamation Process
6.4 Surface and Sub Surface Drainage Design and
Construction
Pre-requisites Introduction to hydrology & hydrometer, Open channel Hydraulics
Status of Course Compulsory
Mode of 1. Assessment (50%), Quiz-1&2, Project/Group Ass., Individual Ass. and Test-1
Assessment 2. Final Exam (50%)
All students are expected to abide by the code of conduct of students and the Senate Legislation
of the University throughout this course. Academic dishonest including cheating, fabrication,
Course Policy and plagiarism will not be tolerated at any stage during your studies and will be reported to
concerned bodies for action. While team work is highly encouraged, dependence and copying
ones work and submitting other’s work is considered as serious act of cheating and shall be
penalized. If you are having problems with the assignments or tests, contact the instructor as
soon as possible. Students are expected to attend class regularly. A student who misses more
than 15% of the semester class is not eligible to sit for final exam. Punctuality is equally
important. If you must bring a cell phone to class, make sure that it is absolutely silent and does
not disturb any one. The teaching-learning process shall not be disrupted by any means.
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2. Michael A.M. (1999). Irrigation, Theory and Practice’s. South Asia Books.
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AMIE (Section B) Exams New Scheme : U.P.S.C. and Other State Service Competitions : and for
Professionals] by Santosh Kumar Garg (Hardcover - 2006)
4. U.S.B.R, Design of small Canals
5. Bos, M.G. (1997) Performance assessment indicators for irrigation and drain irrigation and
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6. Punmia B C, Pande, Lal, B B, Irrigation and Water, Power Engineering, Laxmi Publication
Pvt, Ltd., New Delhi, 1969.
7. Garg, S K, Water Resource Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Nai’ Delhi, 1973.
8. Sharma, R K and Sharma, T K, Text Book of Irrigation Engineering. Oxford-IBH Publishing
Co, New Delhi 1990.