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The document contains questions about irrigation efficiency, soil properties like management allowed depletion (MAD) and available water content, and calculating irrigation water requirements based on soil water content measurements and characteristics. Celine Marie Cervantes provides answers to the questions about factors that impact irrigation efficiency and crop water needs, definitions of terms like MAD and available water content, and calculations to determine irrigation water amounts.

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The document contains questions about irrigation efficiency, soil properties like management allowed depletion (MAD) and available water content, and calculating irrigation water requirements based on soil water content measurements and characteristics. Celine Marie Cervantes provides answers to the questions about factors that impact irrigation efficiency and crop water needs, definitions of terms like MAD and available water content, and calculations to determine irrigation water amounts.

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Celine Marie Cervantes BSABE 3B

LWE 322 lrrigation and Drainage Engineering

1. Why does increasing the depth of irrigation water applied per season reach a
point of diminishing return? 
-a.)Agricultural plants only transpire as much water as they need. Applying more water
than the required water does not increase plant growth.
(b) Excessive water or water in the root zone can decrease oxygen uptake from the root
zone for respiration.
(c) Some processes in some plants, such as tomato production, are enhanced when
there is some water stress (dry stress) because the plants put their energy into
reproduction in the event of plant death due to water depletion.
2. Describe the major types of irrigation efficiency.
Irrigation efficiency has been defined in many ways. In general, efficiency is the amount
used divided by the amount applied; however, irrigation efficiency can be thought of in
different ways. Conveyance efficiency is the amount of water reaching a field divided by
the amount diverted from the irrigation water source. Application efficiency is the
amount of water stored in the root zone divided by the amount of water applied to the
field. Storage efficiency is the amount of water stored in the root zone during a single
irrigation divided by the total waterholding capacity of the root zone. Seasonal irrigation
efficiency is the water volume beneficially used by the crop (including leaching) divided
by the seasonal amount of water applied.

3. Define MAD and answer the following questions. What is meant by 40% MAD?
Does 40% MAD have a water content closer to PWP or FC?
-MAD is defined as the management allowed depletion and is the maximum allowable
percent depletion of the AWC. A 40 % MAD refers to the fact that a maximum of 40 %
of the AWC can be depleted before irrigation must take place. Thus, 40 % MAD has a
water content closer to field capacity.
4. What is the textural class name of a soil that has 35% clay, 15% sand, and 50%
silt.
-Silty clay loam
Celine Marie Cervantes BSABE 3B
LWE 322 lrrigation and Drainage Engineering

5. A soil sample is removed from the field and weighed (130 g). The soil is then
dried and the weight is 100 g. What is the gravimetric water content? If
gravimetric water content Gwc is 30 % and bulk density Bulk density is 1.30 g/cc,
then what is the volumetric water content? What is the porosity?

6. How much irrigation water (ft) should be applied in the next irrigation if
porosity is 50 %, field capacity is 27 %, and permanent wilting point is 12 % in all
layers? Measured soil water content in the upper 4 ft of soil (root zone) is as
follows: 0–1 ft ¼ 21 %, 1–2 ft ¼ 22 %, 2–3 ft ¼ 17 %, and 3–4 ft ¼ 22 %. Assume
that the irrigation efficiency is 100 %.. Redo assuming that the irrigation
efficiency is 80 %.
Celine Marie Cervantes BSABE 3B
LWE 322 lrrigation and Drainage Engineering

7. What is the depth of readily available water (RAW) for sandy loam (4 % organic
matter) if the effective root zone depth is 1.5 m and MAD ¼ 0.4? Assume available
water content for a sandy soil as 0.10 based on the soil water characteristics.

8. A farmer has 50 ha farm. He wants to develop his irrigation system and install
a deep tube –well for irrigating crops. Irrigation is desired at 50% percent soil
water availability. The mean available water holding capacity of the soil of his
farm is 20cm per meter depth of soil. The estimated mean depth of root zone of
crops is 90cm. The conveyance and water application efficiencies are set at 80-
85% respectively. The mean consumptive use rate of crops will be 5mm a day.
The working hours for the pump would be 10hrs a day. Work out.

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