Silt Excluder = In River

Silt Ejector = In Feeder Channel

Duty = ha / cumec
Delta = Depth of water required for crop

Chemical quality of ground water (PH, Ec, carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride,

Floride, hardness)
Geology, topography and Soil Surveys
Cropping pattern, command area and crop water requirements
Irrigation Planning and water management
Design of project features
Economic analysis and justification
Socio-economic aspects
Environmental Aspects
Catchment Area Treatment

Semi detailed soil survey by Soil profile (1mx1mx1.8 m) and auger holes (@
500 m c/c both sides)
Soil survey gives information on topographical features, present land use
pattern, crops and cropping intensity, natural vegetation, settlement,
location and extent of irrigation wells.
Soil Fertility status by Organic Carbon (%), P2O2, K2O
Land capability classification, land irrigability classification and soil fertility
In soil available Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P 2O5), Potassium (K2O), organic
matter.
Net area = x ha, area sown more than once = y ha, Gross cropped area =
x+y ha.
Present cropping pattern & Proposed crop calendar commensurating field
situation, soil climate. Cropping apttern for Kharif and Rabi crop.
Net area = x ha, gross area = kharif + Ravi = y ha, cropping intensity = y/x =
100 to 200%.
Culturable command area (CCA) = 6% of Gross Command Area (GCA), 40%
deduction is due to topography, social, ecological reason, area occupied by
houses, nallahs, canal network.
Crop Evapo-transpiration. ET0 =Reference Evapo-transpiration = 10-18 cm
tall cool season grass (uncut pasture) that is not water stressed. ET of Crop =
ET0 x Crop Coefficient (Kc).
ET0 determined by Penman Monteith method. Data required for working out
ET0 by mean monthly temperature, relative humidity, sun shine hours and
wind velocity.

Determination of ET0 by computer program. ET0 = about 1000 mm by

Penman method.
Effective rainfall = total rainfall surface runoff deep percolation
evaporation.
Effective rainfall = 75% - 80% of 75% dependable year. However, USBR
method based on monthly rainfall values at 75% dependable year for
command area is adopted.
For crop water requirement, we need ET0, crop factor for crop at different
stage of growth, effective rainfall contribution. In addition water for land
preparation and puddling.
Capacity of canal = maximum water requirement in a particular month x
canal capacity factor.
Field channel is for 5-8 ha. of land.
Main canal along contour and distributaries along ridge to avoid cross
drainage works.
Rabi = Non Monsoon = Nov to April. Kharif = Monsoon = June to September.
Seepage rate in lined canal = 1.16 cumec/ million km 2.
No distributaries for area less than 5 ha. Area < 5 ha directly from main
canal.
Distributaries for minimum flow on 16 liter /sec (0.016 cumec) to keep
minimum width of 0.3 m for maintenance purpose.
Financial evaluation by NPV, BC Ratio and IRR.

01.05.2016