RAG603 WHSCS Syllabus
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UP Technical University Agricultural Engineering(AE) 6th SEM RAG603 WHSCSL WATER HARVESTING AND SOIL CONSERVATION STRUCTURES Syllabus
RAG603 Water Harvesting and Soil Conservation Structures
Unit-I
Water harvesting -principles, importance and issues. Water harvesting techniques –
classification based on source, storage and use. Runoff harvesting – short-term and long-term
techniques. Short-term harvesting techniques – terracing and bunding, rock and ground
catchments.
Unit-II
Long-term harvesting techniques – purpose and design criteria. Structures – farm ponds –
dug-out and embankment reservoir types, tanks and subsurface dykes. Farm pond –
components, site selection, design criteria, capacity, embankment, mechanical and emergency
spillways, cost estimation and construction.
Unit-III
Percolation pond – site selection, design and construction details. Design considerations of
nala bunds. Soil erosion control structures – introduction, classification and functional
requirements. Permanent structures for soil conservation and gully control – check dams,
drop, chute and drop inlet spillways – design requirements, planning for design, design
procedures – hydrologic, hydraulic and structural design and stability analysis.
Unit-IV
Hydraulic jump and its application. Drop spillway – applicability, types – straight drop, boxtype
inlet spillways – description, functional use, advantages and disadvantages, straight
apron and stilling basin outlet, structural components and functions. Chute spillway –
description, components, energy dissipaters, design criteria of Saint Antony Falls (SAF)
stilling basin and its limitations. Drop inlet spillway – description, functional use and design
criteria.
Suggested Reading
Singh Gurmel, C. Venkataraman, G. Sastry and B.P. Joshi. 1996. Manual of Soil
and Water Conservation Practices. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
Michael, A.M. and T.P. Ojha. 2003. Principles of Agricultural Engineering. Volume II.
4th Edition, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
Murthy, V.V.N. 2002. Land and Water Management Engineering. 4th Edition, Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi.
Schwab, G.O., D.D. Fangmeier, W.J. Elliot, R.K. Frevert. 1993. Soil and Water Conservation
Engineering.4th Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York.
Suresh, R. 2014. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. Standard Publisher Distributors,
New Delhi.
OP Gupta, Element of Land/Soil Pollution, Khana Publishing House.
Samra, J.S., V.N. Sharda and A.K. Sikka. 2002. Water Harvesting and Recycling:
Indian Experiences. CSWCR&TI, Dehradun, Allied Printers, Dehradun.
Theib Y. Oweis, Dieter Prinz and Ahmed Y. Hachum. 2012. Rainwater Harvesting for
Agriculture in the Dry Areas. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, London.
Studer Rima Mekdaschi and Hanspeter Liniger. 2013. Water Harvesting – Guidelines to Good
Practice. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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