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CEI 213: IRRIGATION SYSTEMS &
NETWORKS 11 Nov. 2015
MIDTERM EXAM-DURATION 1 HOUR

Question (1): 40%

A dam is constructed on a river to control its water for irrigation purpose. The surface a rea
of the lake (reservoir) is 150 km2. During certain month, evaporation losses of the reservoir
are found 8 mm/day, inflow to the reservoir is 45 million m3/month, average out flow is 15
3
million m /month, and the total rainfall is 80 mm. The change in storage during this month
is 1000 hectar-m.
a) Calculate the change in water depth of the reservoir.
b) Estimate seepage losses (in hectar-m) of the reservoir
Question (2): 30%
A watershed, which has an area of 5 km2, has the following hydrologic weekly data:
Precipitation=150 mm/week, Evaporation=65mm/week, Infiltration to ground water
=50mm/week
It is required to estimate the following:
o Precipitation volume
o Evaporation volume from a pan of diameter 1.22 meter placed in a nearby area, if the
pan coefficient is 0.6.
o Volume of runoff water (m 3)
o Total loss of water that is not contributing to the stream flow
o If the resulting runoff water is discharged into a stream which has an average width of
10 meters and water depth is 1 meter, determine the average water velocity
Question (3): 30%
Discuss briefly:
a) Hygroscopic water
b) Unavailable and Available water
c) Wilting point and Field capacity
d) the soil water characteristic curve for a soil with FC = 0.5, WP = 0.1, and = 0.2 at soil
tension = 1 bar. Estimate the corresponding soil water tension for

= 0.35.

Question (4) 20%

For a field of 9 feddans, the root depth is 85 cm, the water content at field capacity
and wilting point

FC

WP are 0.33 and 0.14, respectively. If the depletion ratio is 55 %. Find

the duration needed to irrigate this field, if the irrigation rate is 0.30 m 3/sec, the irrigation
application efficiency is 70 %.