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IRR401 Management of Irrigation Systems (8)

Abstract

This subject examines several approaches to irrigation scheduling; evaluation of irrigation methods that suits particular irrigation settings; design, management, and evaluation of irrigation methods and conveyance systems. Drainage and soil salinity. Computer simulation softwares for crop water requirement, irrigation scheduling, and irrigation system (gravity and pressurised) design and evaluation.

It's expected that students will have completed IRR200 or IRR400 before enrolling into this subject. This subject builds on the objectives completed in IRR200 or IRR400.

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Session 1
DistanceWagga Wagga Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: IRR401
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Agricultural and Wine Sciences

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to appraise a range of methods available for soil water measurement and monitoring
  • be able to schedule irrigation system using different soil-based and plant-based approaches
  • be able to apply basic hydraulic principles in the design of pressurised and open channel flow systems
  • be able to evaluate the appropriateness of an irrigation system to a particular soil-crop-climate combination
  • be able to design pressurised and surface irrigation system and evaluate the performance

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
Irrigation Scheduling and Crop Response including;
- Plant response to water
- Root zone water balance
- Climate based methods
- Soil based methods
- Plant based methods
- Deficit irrigation
- Partial root zone drying

Surface irrigation design, management, and evaluation including;
- Infiltration
- Surface irrigation process
- Basin irrigation
- Border irrigation
- Furrow irrigation
- Irrigation performance measures
- Surge irrigation
- Land leveling

Sprinkler irrigation implementation and Design including;
- Types of sprinklers
- Discharge-pressure relations
- Distribution uniformity
- Application rates
- Hydraulic design
- Head loss in the lateral
- Sizing of lateral, submain and main
- Selection of Sprinklers

Microsprinklers
- Types of microsprinklers
- Selection of microsprinklers
- Discharge - pressure relationship
- Hydraulic design
- Subsurface drip
- Fertigation
- Filtration techniques
- Drip irrigation maintenance

Irrigation pumps
- Classification of pumps
- Pump characteristic curves
- Similarity (Affinity) Laws
- Pump power
- Pump selection

Drainage and Salinity
- Excees irrigation and groundwater table
- Methods of subsurface drainage
- Basic salt balance
- Methods of dealing with salt
- Leaching requirements
- Waste water and recycled water management for irrigation

Irrigation Conveyance Systems
- Types of conveyance systems
- Hydraulics of open channel flow
- Design of open channel
- Conveyance structures
- Discharge measurement

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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.