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Assignment-One Advanced Surface Irrigation System Design

This document discusses the design of surface irrigation systems for a field in Ethiopia. It provides infiltration functions for the soil and details about the field dimensions, slope, and water supply. It then asks the student to: 1. Design furrow irrigation for the field and compare application efficiencies with and without cutback and reuse. 2. Develop a relationship between inflow rate and advance time for furrow irrigation. 3. Design border irrigation for the same field and compare to furrows. 4. Introduce basin irrigation and design it for the field, comparing the three systems. 5. Develop a relationship between inflow rate and advance time for basin irrigation.

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Assignment-One Advanced Surface Irrigation System Design

This document discusses the design of surface irrigation systems for a field in Ethiopia. It provides infiltration functions for the soil and details about the field dimensions, slope, and water supply. It then asks the student to: 1. Design furrow irrigation for the field and compare application efficiencies with and without cutback and reuse. 2. Develop a relationship between inflow rate and advance time for furrow irrigation. 3. Design border irrigation for the same field and compare to furrows. 4. Introduce basin irrigation and design it for the field, comparing the three systems. 5. Develop a relationship between inflow rate and advance time for basin irrigation.

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Jigjiga University

School of Graduate Studies


School of Water Resource Engineering

Advanced Surface Irrigation System Design


Assignment (30% Mark)
1. Furrow irrigation designs are often needed either for new irrigation schemes or on
existing projects where improvements are needed. Land consolidation has been carried
out in a number of irrigation projects where implementation has included land reform
policies and has resulted in field units amenable to furrow irrigation. Consider one such
case where the new farm units have been organized around a 2 hectare block 200 m by
100 m. Flow of 60 liters per second are allocated to each block for 48 hours every 10
days. Initial field surveys showed that the fields needing first attention were comprised
of a loam soil, sloped 0.8 percent over the 100m direction and 0.1 percent over the 200
m direction. The furrows were placed on 0.5 m intervals across the 100m direction (and
running in the 200 m direction). The furrows were assumed to have a hydraulic section
where p1 = 0.57 and p2 = 1.367.
During the evaluations noted, the infiltration functions characteristic of the field was
divided into two relationships to describe the first irrigation following cultivations and
then the subsequent irrigations. These relationships are:

Z=0.00346t0.388 + 0.000057t (first irrigations) and

Z=0.0038t0.327 + 0.000037t (later irrigations)

The evaluation used a Manning coefficient of n = 0.04 for all analyses. The crops
expected were studied along with the local climate and it appeared that the best target
depth of application, or Zreq, would be 8 cm. With 0.5 m furrow spacing, Zreq would
be 0.04 m3/m/furrow. Assume the discharge in single furrow near to the maximum is
0.104m3/min/ length of furrow. Water is in short supply so the project planners would
like an estimate of the potential application efficiency with and without cutback and
reuse.
2. Develop for the first equation a relationships between inflow rate and advance time
using graph. Use log-log scale paper for drawing.

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Jigjiga University
School of Graduate Studies
School of Water Resource Engineering
3. Let us assume that the above field is planned to design for border irrigation. To generate
a basis for what might be an interesting comparison of borders and furrow systems,
suppose the original question for that field is extended to whether or not borders might
be as good. Let us assume that the infiltration characteristics are the same except
adjusted for an increased wetted perimeter. Hence, design the border method of surface
irrigating for the same land.
4. A comparison of basin irrigation with the furrow and border systems in previous
subsections should provide an interesting view of the three systems collectively. To
remind the reader, an irrigation project is in the planning stages in which a basic field
block of 2 hectares has been chosen for field design. A preliminary survey has revealed
that the fields are configured in 100 m widths and 200 m lengths. The typical slopes are
0.8% in the 100 m dimension and 0.1% in the other. Soils appear to be relatively non-
erosive and have been tested to yield the following infiltration functions:
First Irrigations Z = 0.00484 r 0.388 + 0.00008 r
Later Irrigations Z = 0.0053 r 0.327 + 0.000052 r
Z has units of m3/m of length/m of width, and r has units of minutes. Anticipated
application depths per irrigation based on an evaluation of cropping patterns and crop
water requirements are 8 cm. The water supply to the field is set by the project at 3.6
m3/min, available for 36 hours every 10 days. Quality of water supply is good and
hopefully these deliveries will be made as expected so far as rate, duration, and
frequency are concerned.
For the purposes of design, the Manning roughness coefficient for first irrigations will
be taken as 0.04 and for the later irrigations as 0.10. This is to reflect a bare soil
condition for first irrigations and a cropped surface for later irrigations. Design the
basin irrigation with furrow layout.
5. Develop for the basin irrigation (the fifth equation) a relationships between inflow rate
and advance time using graph. Use log-log scale paper for drawing.

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