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Course code: IISS10097o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Irrigation
Major: Environmental Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Leszek Pływaczyk
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English - dr inż. Beata Olszewska
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student has knowledge of the conception of river regulation for reclamation requirements, kinds of irrigation, conditions of using and designing the sprinkling irrigation, drop irrigation, infiltration irrigation.
Competences: After completing the course student is able to count the shortage of water, dozes of irrigation, to select and design set of basic equipment for infiltration irrigation, to draw up the plan and longitudinal profile of ditch.
Prerequisites: drainage.
Course content: Purposes of river regulation (grassland, arable land). Shortage of water. Water requirement in irrigations. Conditions of using the sprinkling irrigation, drop irrigation, infiltration irrigation. Systems of water management in infiltration irrigation. Depth and spacing of ditches according to Zakaszewski. Hydraulic scheme of irrigation. Times, dozes and inflows in infiltration irrigation. Water balance on the irrigated object. Conception of water set on the plan – basic and detailed land improvement equipment. Choice and arrangement of devices for damming up the water. Cross and longitudinal profile of selected ditch.
Recommended literature: 1. Prochal P. Podstawy melioracji rolnych t. I i II, PWRiL, Warszawa 1989. 2. Ostromęcki J. Podstawy melioracji nawadniających. Wyd. PWN Warszawa 1973. 3. Drabiński A., Pływaczyk L., Rojek M. Przewodnik do ćwiczeń z melioracji rolnych cz. II. Nawodnienia podsiąkowe. Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu Nr 268, 1979. 4. Drupka S. Deszczownie i deszczowanie. Wyd. PWRiL Warszawa 1980. 5. Dzieżyc J. (red.) Potrzeby wodne roślin uprawnych. Wyd. PWN Warszawa 1988. 6. Karczmarczyk S., Nowak L. (red.) Nawadnianie roślin. Wyd. PWRiL Poznań 2006.
Assessment methods: score of 2 projects, 2 tests, written exam
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