Irrigation systems : design, planning, and construction /

Laycock, Adrian.

Irrigation systems : design, planning, and construction / Adrian Laycock. - 1st pbk. ed. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2011. - 285 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution and a prelude to change -- Elements of irrigation -- Water management -- Canal operation & automation -- Irrigation water demands -- Canal architecture -- Canal control structures -- Low-pressure pipelines -- Canal lining -- Canal hydraulic design -- Troubleshooting: feedback from the field -- Costs and economics.

9781845938741 (pbk.) 9781845932633 (hb.)

2011414671


Irrigation projects--Planning.
Irrigation projects--Design and construction.

TC812 / LAY 2011

627/.52