Canal irrigation systems in India : operation, maintenance, and management / Umesh Chandra Chaube, Ashish Pandey, Vijay P. Singh.
2023
TC930
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Title
Canal irrigation systems in India : operation, maintenance, and management / Umesh Chandra Chaube, Ashish Pandey, Vijay P. Singh.
ISBN
9783031428128 (electronic bk.)
3031428129 (electronic bk.)
9783031428111
3031428110
3031428129 (electronic bk.)
9783031428111
3031428110
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxix, 599 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-42812-8 doi
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TC930
Dewey Decimal Classification
627/.52
Summary
The book focuses broadly on the preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems in India with a focus on their operation, maintenance, and management of the canal systems. The chapters in this book are classified under four sections, viz., (i). preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems, (ii) operation of the canal irrigation systems, (iii) maintenance of the canal irrigation systems, and (iv) management of the canal irrigation systems. The preliminaries of the canal irrigation systems include an integrated view of irrigation and agriculture, irrigation management in India: problems, issues, a brief history, and some lessons, irrigation administration, organizational structure for management of irrigated agriculture, and farmers’ participation. The operation of the canal irrigation systems includes the operation of dams and barrages, canal operation, water distribution planning, measurement of flow and sediment in canals, and performance evaluation of the canal irrigation system, use of groundwater in the canal command area. The canal irrigation systems' maintenance includes dams, barrages, related equipment, canals and related structures, field drainage, diagnostic analysis of canal irrigation system, soil and water quality management, soil moisture, and measurement. The management of the canal irrigation systems includes rehabilitation and modernization and a case study on rehabilitation, conjunctive use management, operation, and maintenance budgeting, and financing. The book is expected to be useful for academicians, water practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, administrators, NGOs, researchers, and students who are actively involved in the operation, maintenance, and management of the canal irrigation system for addressing the challenges being faced in the irrigated agricultural while addressing issues of canal irrigation systems in South East Asia.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2023).
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Water science and technology library ; v. 126. 1872-4663
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Table of Contents
An Integrated View of Irrigation and Agriculture
Irrigation Management in India: Problems and Issues
Irrigation in Indian Subcontinent: A Brief History and some lessons
Irrigation Administration
Organisational Structure for Management of Irrigated Agriculture
Farmer’s Participation
Operation of Dams and Barrages
Canal Operation
Water Distribution planning. .
Irrigation Management in India: Problems and Issues
Irrigation in Indian Subcontinent: A Brief History and some lessons
Irrigation Administration
Organisational Structure for Management of Irrigated Agriculture
Farmer’s Participation
Operation of Dams and Barrages
Canal Operation
Water Distribution planning. .