Syllabus – Irrigation Water Management Course Theory Irrigation: Definition and objectives; Water

resources, Irrigation projects (major, medium & minor) and irrigation development in India and
Andhra Pradesh; Soil – plant – water relationships; Methods of soil moisture estimation;
Evapotranspiration concepts and Estimation of crop water requirement; Effective rainfall; Scheduling
of irrigation; Methods of irrigation – Surface, Subsurface, Sprinkler and Drip irrigation; Irrigation
efficiency and Water use efficiency; Conjunctive use of water; Irrigation water quality criteria and its
management; Water management of different crops – Rice, Wheat, Maize, Groundnut, Sugarcane,
Mango, Banana and Tomato; Agricultural drainage; Efficient cropping systems in irrigated areas of
Andhra Pradesh. Practicals 1. Determination of bulk density 2. Estimation of soil moisture content by
gravimetric and volumetric methods 3. Installation and working with tensiometer 4. Installation and
working with resistance (gypsum) blocks 5. Determination of field capacity by field method 6.
Determination of permanent wilting point by sunflower method 7. Measurement of irrigation water
by Parshall Flume and V-notch 8. Scheduling of irrigation by IW/CPE ratio method 9. Calculation of
irrigation water needs (problems) 10. Calculation of irrigation water needs (problems) 11.
Determination of infiltration rate 12. Demonstration of surface methods of irrigation – Check basin,
Border strip & Furrow 13. Demonstration of operation of sprinkler irrigation system 14.
Demonstration of operation of drip irrigation system – Filter cleaning, Flushing of laterals, Fertilizer
injection 15. Visit to farmers field to work out the cost of sprinkler irrigation system 16. Visit to
farmers field to work out the cost of drip irrigation system