Land and Water Management Engineering

The present edition (Fifth Edition) of the book is a substantially revised version incorporating several additions and modifications in the previous one. A new chapter on "Geographic Information System (GIS)" describing the application of GIS technology in efficiently managing land and water resources has been added. The main topics covered in this book are: land resource evaluation; water cycle; groundwater development and management; design and construction of wells; water lifting devices; on-farm water management including the design of surface and pressurized irrigation systems, design of surface and subsurface drainage systems, measurement of flow in open channels, computation of crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling, and the management of water logging and salinity; soil erosion and control measures' soil and water conservation techniques; watershed management; environmental issues in water resources development and management; and geographic information system. Thus, the book encompasses almost the entire gamut of land and water management ranging from technical to management aspects.