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2.3 Snow Surveys and their Benefits
APPROXIMATIONS :
10cm of snow normally holds approximately 1cm of water-3cm
a snow fall of 10cm w/ 1cm of water of 10sq.km area will provide the storage of 10,000 hectare
cm of water.
It is important to know whether or not water supply will be adequate or inadequate and in what
manner RUN-OFF will occur
when water supplies are above normal
additional lands may be brought under irrigation or more intensive farming may be practiced.
other benefits from snow surveys have resulted in a great expansion of snow survey network to
obtain more reliable data more quickly and safely.
REMOTE LOCATIONS
once a month to be sampled or survey
10-15 observation points
15-30 meters apart
depth and water content of snow are to be determined at each observation point
Planting a wind-break of trees and shrubs around the dam will help to some
extent
2.8 Phreatophyte Problems
are water-loving plants growing along stream courses and on wet soils
having high water tables where an abundant supply of water is available
water used by phreatophytes is high and increases as the depth to the
water table decreases
One is to remove the water supply by lowering the water table, channeling the water
or piping the water around or through critical areas
Silver Iodide
particles have been found to be very effective in inducing precipitation when
introduced into a super-cold cloud
2.10 River Development by Pumping
Extensive development of a river can be accomplished by pumping water to
higher lands for irrigation purposes
One of the principal advantages of pumping is that the desired
development can usually be undertaken without the heavy capital costs of
dams and gravity diversions
Full utilization of the total water supply will require complete water control.
Surface water control is well underway
Soil Auger
Soil Auger
- are primarily used for gathering soil
samples or aiding in getting to deeper
depths for testing needs
4.4 : GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE
- gravimetric methods are widely used for soil moisture
measurements.
- it is also one of the most common methods of soil water content
determination using oven drying.
Oven Drying
- 110°± 5°c is the controlled temperature for drying moist soil
A tensiometer consist of a
porous cup filled with water and
attached to a vacuum gauge or
mercury manometer.
- Saline soils are soils having excess soluble salts that can injure
plants and impair soil productivity.
- The most effective method for the removal of salt from the soil is by
means of water which passes through the root zone of the soil; but, if
the amount carried away is less than the amount brought in by
irrigation water, salt will accumulate.
- Fig 6.3
- Cation and anion content of the water determines the actual value.
SOME BASIC TERMS
- gypsum
- soil sulfur
- sulfuric acid
- concentrated lime sulfur solution
- dry lime sulfur
MOVEMENT OF SALTS IN SOILS
-
Water tables can be lowered by preventing excessive seepage
losses from canals, by careful and efficient application of water on
the farms, and by providing artificial drainage on areas for which
natural drainage is inadequate.
MANAGEMENT OF A HIGH WATER TABLE
- Despite hazard of a high water table, good management can obtain a
permanently good production with a high water table. The major need is
for lighter and more frequent irrigations during the growing season.
- The farmer whose holdings are located within the large areas of
comparatively level waterlogged land cannot, as a rule lower the
SATISFACTORY INTAKE RATES
- Irrigation must provide water and at the same time allow enough
water to leach out excess salts.
- Irrigation water having 4000 parts per million will necessitate that
approximately 50 percent of the applied water passes through the
root zone.
RECLAMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SALINE AND
ALKALI SOILS
- Reclamation is attained only when the lands are made to produce
large crop yields.
1. Adequate drainage
2. method of irrigation
(c) In the diversion of canals from the lower reaches of the streams
and rivers that receive seepage and return flow from irrigated lands.
- Table 6.5
TOLERANCE OF CROPS TO SALINITY
- Some plants can survive in a waterlogged
soil for short period while others cannot
survive under the same condition.
- Fig 6.5
TOLERANCE OF CROPS TO SALINITY
- Tolerance to Boron
Boron concentrations of as little as 2 to 4 milligrams per liter
may be harmful to crops. Some plants are more tolerant to boron
than others.
CHANNEL IRRIGATION
CHANNEL IRRIGATION