Irrigation Engineering: Principles, Processes, Procedures, Design, and Management

This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of irrigation engineering for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It does not require a background in calculus, hydrology, or hydraulics, offering a one-stop overview of the entire field of study. It includes everything a student of irrigation engineering needs to know: concepts of climate, soils, crops, water quality, hydrology, and hydraulics, as well as their application to design and environmental management. To demonstrate the practical applications of the theories discussed, there are over 300 worked examples and end-of chapter exercises. The exercises allow readers to solve real-world problems and apply the information they've learned to a diverse range of scenarios. To further prepare students for their future careers, each chapter includes many illustrative diagrams and tables containing data to help design irrigation systems. For instructors' use when planning and teaching, a solutions manual can be found online alongside a suite of PowerPoint lecture slides.

Vijay P. Singh is University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. To date, he has published more than 1370 journal articles, 120 books, and 113 book chapters in hydrology, groundwater, hydraulics, irrigation, pollutant transport, copulas, entropy, and water resources. He has received more than 100 national and international awards, and is past President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH) and the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE).

Qiong Su is based in the Water Management and Hydrological Science Program at Texas A&M University. She is a member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU). She received several travel awards, graduate student scholarships, and an outstanding contributions in reviewing award. She has published peer-reviewed papers in the areas of hydrology, water quality, irrigation, water-energy nexus, and water resources. She was a teaching assistant for the irrigation engineering course at Texas A&M.