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.