CE-402: Irrigation Engineering

Course Information:

Credit Hours : 03 (Contact Hours: 03)

Level : 7th Semester (4th Year)
Medium of Instruction : English
Pre-requisite : None
Equivalent Course : Not Applicable
CEP/OEL : None
Course Aims:
 To develop understanding among students towards water resources, hydraulics structures
and irrigation systems, salinity and water logging and water management practices.

CLOs and Mapping with PLOs

Taxonomy PLO
CLO Description PLO
Level Weightage
Define basics of irrigation and water resources
CLO1 PLO 1 C1 40
engineering
Describe different methods, principles and
CLO2 PLO 1 C2 60
processes involve in irrigation
Apply knowledge of irrigation engineering to solve
CLO3 PLO 2 C3 100
basic and complex problems

Course Contents
Introduction: World’s Water Resources, Planning and development of water resources projects
with special reference to Pakistan, Sources of Moisture for Plant Growth, Phases of Irrigation
Engineering, Components of the Irrigation System, Necessity of Irrigation, Objectives of
irrigation, Merits & demerits of Irrigation, Irrigation, its types and Water Requirement: Irrigation,
Methods of irrigation, Irrigation water requirement and its measurements. Soil water and its
types, Optimization of irrigation water, Assessment of irrigation water charges, Irrigation water
quality, Irrigation systems i.e., Furrow, Border, Sprinkler and Trickle, Diversion Head works:
Canal head works, selection of their site and layout, weirs and barrages. Various
components/structures used in Head works and their functions. Causes of failure of Weir by
Piping and uplift, safety against piping and uplift, Measures adopted to control silt entry into
canals, silt ejectors and excluders, Canals: Design of irrigation canals including Kennedy’s and
Lacey’s designs with CAD application, Canal lining-advantages and types, maintenance of
irrigation canals, Irrigation Works and Water Management: Introduction to Water Management,
Canal head regulators, falls, flumes, canal outlets, cross drainage works-types and functions,
Monitoring of flows-telemetry system, Water logging and salinity: Causes and effects of water
logging and salinity with special reference to Pakistan, reclamation methods, Drainage network
in irrigated areas, Dams: Types of dams, crest width, forces on dams, criteria for site selection
and type of dams. Reservoirs, sedimentation and delta formation, freeboard (fetch, wave run up
and set up). Environmental impact of Dams, Field Visit or Project Brief: Site visit to water
resources infrastructure or brief introduction to a real time project or brief introduction to a real
time project, Introduction to Latest Technologies and R.S. Data: Introduction to use of remote
sensing data in irrigation and water management,
Recommended Books and References
1. Irrigation Engineering & Hydraulic Structures (19th Edition) by Santosh Kumar Garg,
Khanna Publishers (Reprinted 2006) ISBN-10: 81-7409-047-9 2)
2. Hydraulic Structures (4th Edition) by P. Novak, A.I.B. Moffat, C. Nalluri and V Narayanan,
Taylor & Francis (2007) ISBN: 978-0-415-38626-5
3. Irrigation Engineering & Hydraulic Structures (19th Edition) by Santosh Kumar Garg,
Khanna Publishers (Reprinted 2006) ISBN-10: 81-7409-047-9

Online Resources
1. Watch online resources for structure analysis examples