ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: IISS10220o10Semester: 2010/2011 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
Course in English - dr inż. Beata Olszewska
Learning outcomes: After the course student is provided with the 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 the completion of 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: Soil physics, 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: Laycock Adrian: Irrigation systems. Design, Planning and Construction. Cromwell Press 2007 UK. Hillel Daniel: Soil in the environment. Crucible of terrestrial life. Elsevier Inc 2008. Prochal Piotr (red): Podstawy melioracji rolnych t. I i II, PWRiL, Warszawa 1989. Karczmarczyk S., Nowak L. (red): Nawadnianie roślin, PWRiL, Poznań 2006.
Assessment methods:
Comment: The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. Course in Polish with possibility of individual support in English, if needed.