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WATER RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

BY CLIVE AGNEW AND PHILIP WOODHOUSE

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WATER RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORS : CLIVE AGNEW AND PHILIP WOODHOUSE

PUBLISHERS : Routledge - An imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

Efforts to understand and manage water resources have generated a vast literature of books and journals devoted to the topic�s many facets, from the underlying science of hydrology and engineering options available, to the geopolitical problems generated by water scarcity and the adaptive strategies needed to tackle ?oods and pollution. The literature has demonstrated many different ways of organising our thinking on water. While some take a global perspective, others focus on key regional problem areas, while yet others emphasise distinct water use sectors. To this burgeoning print literature may be added a rapidly growing number of web pages through which national and international agencies and advocacy organisations present current, or at least recent, information on water-resource issues and priorities. It is perhaps a wonder, then, that we ever considered starting this book, and we could be excused for being intimidated by both the volume of existing work and by the challenge of addressing �water resources� coherently, never mind adding the complication of using a development perspective to organise our analysis. We were encouraged by four factors. 

First, and undeniably, water is an important topic, not just because it is vital for life, but because it is important in the development of society. This can be demonstrated historically, from the early water-based cultures along the Tigris, Euphrates and the Nile, to the construction of the Dutch polders or the Hoover Dam in the USA. 

Second, there is a widely held perception of �water in crisis�, an impending Armageddon that threatens an outbreak of water wars as scarcity becomes more acute. While acknowledging the many parts of the world where lack of access to water is a key constraint on human activity or wellbeing, we need to recognise the many examples where this is not the case or where people have successfully adapted and innovated. 

A third motivation for this book was to assess critically the extent to which paths followed in the past to tackle water-resource problems in today�s �developed� economies may not be suitable for developing countries today. said by the Authors of this book

CONTENTS

1. Water-management best practice in the twenty-?rst century
2. Economic growth, environmental limits and increasing water demand
3. Climate change and fresh water resources
4. Water resources in colonial and post-independence agricultural development
5. Water supply
6. Water demand 
7. Catchments and con?icts
8. Water resources and development conclusions

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PRACTICES OF IRRIGATION AND ON-FARM WATER MANAGEMENT VOLUME - 2

BY M H ALI

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FUNDAMENTALS OF IRRIGATION AND ON-FARM WATER MANAGEMENT VOLUME - 1

AUTHOR : M H ALI

PUBLISHERS : SPRINGER PUBLICATIONS

         The book is designed to cover the major ?elds of agricultural and environmental engineering such as weather, plant, soil, water, and basics of on-farm water management. The book will be quite useful for the students of agricultural engineering. Students of other related branches of engineering sciences, and engineers working in the ?eld and at research institutes will also be beni?ted. The book may serve as a text book for the students and as a practical hand-book for the practitioners and researchers in the ?eld of irrigation and on-farm water management. Utilization of the recent literature in the area and citation of relevant journals / reports have added a special value to this book. Considering the topics covered, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and educators will ?nd this book as a valuable resource. 

         This comprehensive and compact presentation of the book will serve as a text book for undergraduate students in Agricultural Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Bio-Science Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, and, Civil & Environmental Engineering. It will also be helpful for the students of relevant ?elds such as Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Meteorology, Ecology and Hydrology. Although the target audience of the book is undergraduate students, post-graduate students will also be bene?ted from the book. It will also serve as a reference manual for ?eld engineers, researchers and extension workers working in the above mentioned ?elds. 

          Water is the scarcest resource. Importance of judicious use of water in agricultural sector for sustaining agricultural growth and to retard environmental degradation needs no elaboration. Judicious use of water for crop production requires knowledge of weather, soil, crop, water quality, and drainage situation. Increasing ef?ciency in conveyance and pumping systems also are of great concerns. Irrigation management strategy practiced in normal soils may not appropriate in problematic soils such as saline soils and drought prone areas. It is also utmost important to pay attention to the economics in production system and all aspects of supply & demand management of water. This book covers all of the above aspects. In addition, the book covers some recent dimensions such as pollution from agricultural ?elds, modeling in irrigation & water management, and application of geographical information system (GIS) in irrigation & water management. 

CONTENTS

1. Water Conveyance Loss and Designing Conveyance System 
2. Water Application Methods 
3. Irrigation System Designing 
4. Performance Evaluation of Irrigation Projects 
5. Water Resources Management 
6. Land and Watershed Management 
7. Pollution of Water Resources from Agricultural Fields and Its Control 
8. Management of Salt-Affected Soils 
9. Drainage of Agricultural Lands 
10. Models in Irrigation and Water Management 
11. GIS in Irrigation and Water Management 
12. Water-Lifting Devices � Pumps 
13. Renewable Energy Resources for Irrigation 

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FUNDAMENTALS OF IRRIGATION AND ON-FARM WATER MANAGEMENT VOLUME - 1

BY M H ALI

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FUNDAMENTALS OF IRRIGATION AND ON-FARM WATER MANAGEMENT VOLUME - 1

AUTHOR : M H ALI

PUBLISHERS : SPRINGER PUBLICATIONS

         The book is designed to cover the major ?elds of agricultural and environmental engineering such as weather, plant, soil, water, and basics of on-farm water management. The book will be quite useful for the students of agricultural engineering. Students of other related branches of engineering sciences, and engineers working in the ?eld and at research institutes will also be beni?ted. The book may serve as a text book for the students and as a practical hand-book for the practitioners and researchers in the ?eld of irrigation and on-farm water management. Utilization of the recent literature in the area and citation of relevant journals / reports have added a special value to this book. Considering the topics covered, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and educators will ?nd this book as a valuable resource. 

         This comprehensive and compact presentation of the book will serve as a text book for undergraduate students in Agricultural Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Bio-Science Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, and, Civil & Environmental Engineering. It will also be helpful for the students of relevant ?elds such as Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Meteorology, Ecology and Hydrology. Although the target audience of the book is undergraduate students, post-graduate students will also be bene?ted from the book. It will also serve as a reference manual for ?eld engineers, researchers and extension workers working in the above mentioned ?elds. 

          Water is the scarcest resource. Importance of judicious use of water in agricultural sector for sustaining agricultural growth and to retard environmental degradation needs no elaboration. Judicious use of water for crop production requires knowledge of weather, soil, crop, water quality, and drainage situation. Increasing ef?ciency in conveyance and pumping systems also are of great concerns. Irrigation management strategy practiced in normal soils may not appropriate in problematic soils such as saline soils and drought prone areas. It is also utmost important to pay attention to the economics in production system and all aspects of supply & demand management of water. This book covers all of the above aspects. In addition, the book covers some recent dimensions such as pollution from agricultural ?elds, modeling in irrigation & water management, and application of geographical information system (GIS) in irrigation & water management. 

CONTENTS

1. Introduction: Perspectives and General Concept of Irrigation 
2. Fundamentals of Irrigation Development and Planning 
3. Weather: A Driving Force in Determining Irrigation Demand 
4. Soil: A Media for Plant Growth 
5. Plant: A Machinery of Water Absorption 
6. Water: An Element of Irrigation 
7. Field Water Balance 
8. Soil�Water�Plant�Atmosphere Relationship 
9. Crop Water Requirement and Irrigation Scheduling
10. Measurement of Irrigation Water 
11. Water Conservation and Harvesting 
12. Economics in Irrigation Management and Project Evaluation 

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APPLIED HYDROLOGY

BY VEN TE CHOW, DAVID R MAIDMENT, LARRY W MAYS

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APPLIED HYDROLOGY

AUTHORS : VEN TE CHOW (Late Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) , DAVID R MAIDMENT (Associate Professor of Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin), LARRY W MAYS (Professor of Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin)

PUBLISHERS : McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Applied Hydrology is a textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in hydrology and is a reference for practicing hydrologists. Surface water hydrology is the focus of the book which is presented in three sections: Hydrologic Processes, Hydrologic Analysis, and Hydrologic Design. 

Hydrologic processes are covered in Chapters 1 to 6, which describe the scientific principles governing hydrologic phenomena. The hydrologic system is visualized as a generalized control volume, and the Reynold's Transport Theorem (or general control volume equation) from fluid mechanics is used to apply the physical laws governing mass, momentum, and energy to the flow of atmospheric water, subsurface water, and surface water. This section is completed by a chapter on hydrologic measurement. 

Hydrologic analysis is treated in the next six chapters (7 to 12), which emphasize computational methods in hydrology for specific tasks such as rainfallrunoff modeling, flow routing, and analysis of extreme events. These chapters are organized in a sequence according to the way the analysis treats the space and time variability and the randomness of the hydrologic system behavior. Special attention is given in Chapters 9 and 10 to the subject of flow routing by the dynamic wave method where the recent availability of standardized computer programs has made possible the general application of this method. 

Hydrologic design is presented in the final three chapters (13 to 15), which focus on the risks inherent in hydrologic design, the selection of design storms including probable maximum precipitation, and the calculation of design flows for various problems including the design of storm sewers, flood control works, and water supply reservoirs. 

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Hydrologic Processes
3. Atmospheric Water 
4. Subsurface Water 
5. Surface Water 
6. Hydrologic Measurement 
7. Unit Hydrograph 
8. Lumped Flow Routing 
9. Distributed Flow Routing
10. Dynamic Wave Routing 
11. Hydrologic Statistics 
12. Frequency Analysis 
13. Hydrologic Design 
14. Design Storms 
15. Design Flows 

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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

BY R N REDDY

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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

AUTHOR : R N REDDY

PUBLISHERS : GENE-TECH BOOKS 

Irrigation involves the artificial application of water to soil, usually for assisting the growth of crops in dry areas or where there is a shortage of rainfall. As the process of agriculture becomes increasingly mechanised, the application of scientific methods and technology to the procedure of irrigation comes as no surprise. With agricultural yields dwindling and demand for food increasing, the pressure on agriculture is immense and no stone is to be left unturned in meeting demands and expectations. Effective irrigation, enhanced pertinent technologies, thereby provides a most lucrative source for making agriculture profitable and worthwhile. 

This text has been written as a manual guiding agricultural engineers on the principles and concepts which define irrigation engineering. Elaborating upon the tools, technologies and techniques which are essential to the field, the text takes a look at the types of irrigation, including surface, localised and sprinkler systems, and how they are changing agriculture itself by making it more scientific. In addition to it the challenges faced by irrigation systems including those of entrophication, water pollution, depletion of underground aquifers, etc., are also discussed. Current trends and development have been analysed as well as the future prospects and opportunities. 

CONTENTS

1. Importance of Irrigation Engineering
2. Estimation of Irrigation Demand 
3. Irrigation Schemes and Methods 
4. Modern Canal Operation Techniques 
5. Design of On-demand Irrigation Systems 
6. Mapping Water Networks
7. Drainage Pipes and Accessories 
8. Drainage and Disposal Systems  
9. Surface and Subsurface Drainage 
10. Installation and Maintenance of Drainage Materials  
11. Evaluation of Irrigation Project 

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HYDROLOGY IN PRACTICE

BY ELIZABETH M SHAW

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HYDROLOGY IN PRACTICE, 3rd EDITION

AUTHOR : ELIZABETH M SHAW (Formerly of the Department of Civil Engineering  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)

PUBLISHERS :  Taylor & Francis e-Library

When the writing of a new textbook in hydrology was proposed, the initial reaction was that there was perhaps a sufficient number of suitable books already available. However, few of the many texts form comprehensive introductions to the subject for British engineers. The content of this book attempts to bridge the gap between the text concerned with scientific processes and the applied numerical text. It is based on lecture material given to undergraduate and postgraduate students coming newly to the subject. Hydrology in Practice is addressed primarily to civil engineering undergraduates. It aims to give an essentially practical approach to the various facets of the subject and emphasizes the application of hydrological knowledge to solving engineering problems. However, the style of the book should also be attractive to undergraduates in other disciplines hoping to make a career in the water industry. Additionally, it could be a useful reference book to the junior engineer in the design office of a consulting engineer or water authority concerned with water engineering problems. Civil engineers in the developing countries could also benefit from this introduction to a specialist subject.. said by the author. 

CONTENTS

1. The Hydrological Cycle, Hydrometeorology and Climate 
2. Hydrometric Networks and Catchment Morphometry 
3. Precipitation
4. Evaporation
5. Soil Moisture 
6. River Flow 
7. Groundwater
8. Water Quality 
9. Data Processing 
10. Precipitation Analysis 
11. Evaporation Calculations 
12. River Flow Analysis 
13. Rainfall-Runoff Relationships 
14. Catchment Modelling 
15. Stochastic Hydrology 
16. Flood Routing 
17. Design Floods 
18. Urban Hydrology
19. Water Resources 
20. River Basin Management 

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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING AND HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

BY SANTOSH KUMAR GARG

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IRRIGATION ENGINEERING AND HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

AUTHOR : SANTOSH KUMAR GARG ( B.Sc.Engg (Civil); Superintending Engineer-Flood Control and Irrigation Department, Delhi ; Member Indian Water Resources Society) 

PUBLISHERS : KHANNA PUBLISHERS, DELHI

THIS BOOK SERVES AS A BASIC TEXT FOR UNDER GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS DURING THE COURSE OF IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING. MOST OF THE TOPICS UNDER THE SYLLABUS OF IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING OF UG AND PG STUDENTS WILL BE COVERED IN THIS BOOK, WRITTEN IN A VERY STUDENT FRIENDLY LANGUAGE WITH WELL ILLUSTRATED FIGURES AND EXAMPLES. ALSO VERY USEFUL AS REFERENCE TO PRESENT CIVIL ENGINEERS. 

Modern equations developed for the design of irrigation channels in India on the basis of Kennedy's and Kutter's equations have been given, which will help in obtaining more definite and quick solutions for the optimal designs of alluvial canals, besides developing computer programming for their designs. Articles on estimating sediment load likely to enter a reservoir, and reservoir sedimentation studies on existing reservoirs have also been included. In the present 19th edition, thorough revision has been carried out in the first 8 chapters of the book to provide simpler and easier explanations, besides updating the various datas, as to make the book more and more useful to the students, teachers and professionals. 

CONTENTS

1. Irrigation Techniques And Quality Of Irrigation Water
2. Water Requirements Of Crops
3. Canal Irrigation System
4. Sediment Transport And Design Of Irrigation Channels
5. Lining Of Irrigation Canals And Economics Of Lining
6. Reclaimation Of Water-Logged And Saline Soils For Agricultural Purposes
7. Hydrology And Design Flood Estimation
8. Rivers, Their Behaviour, Control And Training
9. Diversion Head Works
10. Hydraulic Jump And Its Usefulness In The Design Of Irrigation Structures
11. Theories Of Seepage And Design Of Weirs And Barrages
12. Canal Falls
13. Regulators Modules, And Miscellaneous Canal Structures
14. Cross Drainage Works
15. Construction Of Culverts And Small Road Bridges Across Drains
16. Ground Water Hydrology And Construction Of Wells And Tubewells
17. Dams In General And A few Dams In Particular
18. Reservoirs And Planning For Dam Reservoirs
19. Design And Construction Of Gravity Dams
20. Earthen Dams And Rock Fill Dams
21. Spillways, Energy Dissipators, And Spillway Gates
22. Outlet Works Through Dams And River Intakes
23. Pressure Conduits
24. Hydro-Electric Power
25. River Navigation
26. Tank Irrigation
27. Arch And Buttress Dams
28. Irrigation Revenue Rates
29. Chapterwise Multichoice Objective Questions
30. Test Paper On Objective Questions
31. Important Information To Students On UPSC Competitions and Conventional Questions Of Past Years
32. Objective Questions Of Engineering Service Exams
33. Objective Questions Of AMIE Exams (Upto the year 2004)

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IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

BY G L ASAWA

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              Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering written by G.L. Asawa ( Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee ) is published by New Age International Limited Publishers. 

              The book, in its present form, will be more useful to the undergraduate students of Civil Engineering (and also, to some extent, graduate students of Water Resources Engineering as well), and the practising engineers dealing with water resources. 

             The major contents of this book remain the same as that of the book �Irrigation Engineering�, significant additions and revisions have been made in almost all chapters of the book. Besides an additional chapter on Hydrology, other significant additions are : (i) detailed environmental aspects for water resource projects, (ii) operation, maintenance, and evaluation of canal irrigation systems, (iii) note on interlinking of rivers in India, and (iv) design problems of hydraulic structures such as guide bunds, settling basin etc. Recent developments in Hydraulic Engineering related to Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering have been incorporated in the text. Accordingly, the book �Irrigation Engineering� has now been retitled as �Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering�. 

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. HYDROLOGY
3. SOIL-WATER RELATIONS AND IRRIGATION METHODS
4. GROUND WATER AND WELLS
5. CANAL IRRIGATION
6. MANAGEMENT OF CANAL IRRIGATION IN INDIA
7. HYDRAULICS OF ALLUVIAL CHANNELS
8. DESIGN OF STABLE CHANNELS
9. SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGN OF CANAL STRUCTURES
10. CANAL REGULATION STRUCTURES 
11. CROSS-DRAINAGE STRUCTURES 
12. RIVERS AND RIVER TRAINING METHODS
13. CANAL HEADWORKS 
14. PLANNING OF WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS
15. EMBANKMENT DAMS 
16. GRAVITY DAMS 
17. SPILLWAYS

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