A canal having length of 44km and 54 cusec discharge is required for it. How much allowance should I keep for loss along the canal? Soil is clayey and sandy mix
Dear friends, what are the new construction material used for lining canals these days? We have textured soil and I see that the canal lining is constructed of concrete but still there is noticeable seepage happening. Can we fix these leakages? I work with irrigation department and I am ...
can sir u till me what is criteria that we kept thickness of lining kept for rectagular as well as for trapezoidal channels ...View more
The polluted water in canals indicate the adversities of human involvement in nature and there is need to study human influence on water pollution in canals. In April this year (2014), the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was closed between Office Lock (2) and Spring Garden Lock (6) ...
Dredging of the canals also helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PACat_tRXgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m968c8NottM...View more
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For irrigation development FAO publications are good to me. Check this document on canal lining Chapter 6 Canal lining:...View more
I enjoyed reading this weekly update from LinkedIn Group: Water Industry Process Automation & Control, posted by Oliver Grievson. I thought of sharing it with everyone here. There was an interesting article this week on the BBC website completely unrelated to the Water ...
The Nicaragua Canal (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal) is a proposed shipping route through Nicaragua to connect the Caribbean Sea (and therefore the Atlantic Ocean) with ...
Canals can lose 30 to 50 percent of their irrigation water through seepage. Traditional canal-lining materials typically include compacted earth, reinforced or unreinforced concrete, and (more recently) buried geomembranes. However, for some jobs, these materials are not always viable because ...
The need for reliable water supply has lead governments and other interested parties to embark on water diversion projects utilizing canals. Canals offer cheap transportation of large quantities of water. Eastern Route Project (ERP) is one of the water diversion projects being ...
A study on the "Trends and Regional Conditions in Irrigation and Drainage Canal Maintenance in Japan" reveals that: The declining functionality of farm households and agricultural disadvantages associated with farmland location were more important factors in ...
My company Hydrovolts is developing hydrokinetic turbines for big canals. These canals can create a lot of energy if they are occasionally narrowed so the water flows fast. The turbines make power according to cube of velocity so if current flow doubles then power increases 8x. As long as the ...
If a canal does not irrigate, there seems to be no problem in narrowing the canal and increasing its velocity except it will increase wear and tear...View more
Canals are constructed for providing irrigation facilities in agriculture fields, and conveying water for other purposes such as drinking water, industrial use, etc. i have tried to explain the design of a canal and and factors which may adversely affect the proper functioning of a canal for ...
I understand that you should categories 44 km length in different zones based upon sub soil soil strata and canal bank strata, and also cutting and...View more