AKTU Management of Degraded, Waterlogged and Other Problematic Soils and Water (HTSW501) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
Management of Degraded, Waterlogged and Other Problematic Soils and Water HTSW501
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Syllabus — Management of Degraded, Waterlogged and Other Problematic Soils and Water
Download PDFHTSW501 · 3 credits · L-T-P 2-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of irrigation & drainage engineering. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Familiarize themselves with soil issues in India, manage excess salt with salt-tolerant crops, correct hydrological imbalances, grasp critical water table depths, and assess shallow water table contributions to crop water needs. | K2 & K3 |
| CO 2 | Familiar with the management strategies for flood prone areas and crop calendar for flood affected areas. Also understand the crop production and use of problematic soils. Agricultural field drainage, drainage techniques and theory of flow in saturated soil. | K2 & K3 |
| CO 3 | Conduct drainage investigations, analyze drainage characteristics, create water table maps, calculate drainage coefficients, also be able to apply Hooghoudt Equation and flow net theory. | K4 & K6 |
| CO 4 | Analyze the design of surface and subsurface drainage and understand interceptor and relief drains, drain pipe and accessories, crop-specific drainage needs, salinity control, and bio-drainage. | K4 |
| CO 5 | Understand the reclamation of ravines and salt-affected soils, waterlogged, swampy areas, and polders. and also about command area development, irrigation associations, and environmental considerations. | K2 & K3 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create Problems of soils and their distribution in India. Excess salt and salt tolerant crops. Hydrological imbalances and their corrective measures. Concept of critical water table depths for crop growth. Contribution of shallow water table to crop water requirements.
Management strategies for flood prone areas and crop calendar for flood affected areas. Crop production and alternate use of problematic soils. Agricultural field drainage, drainage techniques and theory of flow in saturated soil.
Flow net theory and its application. Drainage investigations. Drainage characteristics of various type of soils.
Water table contour maps and isobaths maps. Drainage coefficient. Steady state flow into drains. Hooghoudt Equation.
Design and installation of surface and subsurface drainage system. Interceptor and relief drains and their design.
Drain pipe and accessories. Drainage requirements of crops. Drainage in relation to salinity and water table control. Bio-drainage.
Reclamation of ravine, waterlogged, swampy areas and polders. Salt-affected soils and their reclamation.
Command area development organizational structures and activities. Irrigation water users association concept and responsibilities. Environmental considerations in land and water resources management.
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