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The document contains 5 problems related to irrigation: 1. A Persian wheel discharges 11,000 litres per hour for 8 hours daily. The problem estimates the area irrigated given an average depth of 8cm and interval of 15 days. 2. Soil moisture contents are given at different depths in the root zone prior to irrigation. The problem involves calculating various moisture metrics. 3. The problem involves calculating the gross water application, number of irrigations, and interval for tomatoes over 5 months given a monthly water need of 720mm. 4. The problem involves calculating the efficiency of an irrigation system given water diverted daily and areas of maize and wheat irrigated with different

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Assignment #1

The document contains 5 problems related to irrigation: 1. A Persian wheel discharges 11,000 litres per hour for 8 hours daily. The problem estimates the area irrigated given an average depth of 8cm and interval of 15 days. 2. Soil moisture contents are given at different depths in the root zone prior to irrigation. The problem involves calculating various moisture metrics. 3. The problem involves calculating the gross water application, number of irrigations, and interval for tomatoes over 5 months given a monthly water need of 720mm. 4. The problem involves calculating the efficiency of an irrigation system given water diverted daily and areas of maize and wheat irrigated with different

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1. A Persian wheel discharges at the rate of 11,000 litres per hour and works for eight hours each day.
Estimate the area commanded by the water lift if the average depth of irrigation is 8cm and
irrigation interval is 15 days.

2. The following data were obtained in determining the soil moisture content at successive depths in
the root zone prior to applying irrigation water:

The bulk density of the soil in the root zone was 1.50 g/cc. The available moisture holding capacity of
the soil was 17.8 cm/m depth. Determine

(i) The moisture content at the different depths in the root zone,

(ii) Moisture content in the root zone at the time of irrigation,

(iii) Net depth of water to be applied to bring the moisture content to field capacity, and

(iv) Gross irrigation requirement at estimated field irrigation efficiency of 70%.

3. Compute the gross depth of water application, the total number of irrigations and the irrigation
interval of tomatoes of 5 months growing period in loamy soil. The irrigation water need of
tomatoes for the whole growing period, estimated month wise is 720mm.

4. Compute the efficiency of an irrigation system based on the following data: 1800 litres/min of
water is diverted to the farm each day of 24hrs. Each day 0.8ha of maize and 1ha of wheat are
irrigated. The irrigation requirement of maize is 8cm and that of wheat 12cm.

5. Compute the reservoir storage efficiency for a 24-hr period when 3100 litters/minute of water are
being diverted from the reservoir based on the following data: The rate of inflow into the reservoir
of 4420 litres/minute. S=410 cubic metres (the quantity of to be removed to restore the initial
water level in the reservoir.

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