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 792-250 Irrigation Management

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr R Wrigley

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

2.5 hours per week

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend participants' ability to understand the principles of irrigation design, layout and management.

The content includes: This subject will cover the requirements of design, layout and management of an irrigation scheme. Design - types of irrigation, soil types for irrigation, water requirements, irrigation efficiency, pipes, sprinklers, emitters, channels, drains, structures, reuse systems, cuts and fills, laser grading and levelling, subsurface drainage, costing. Layout - basic surveying - levelling and distance measurement, level reduction, contour plotting, pegging out. Management - water requirements, irrigation requirements, water quality, irrigation scheduling, water reuse, salinity control and amelioration, fertiliser requirements, economics of irrigation, crop selection.

Assessment

Two hour examination (40%); assignment of 2000 words (20%); survey and plan (30%); practical test (10%).



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