Water Reticulation

An adequate supply of water is required for rice field. Planning and designing a feedlot water
reticulation system for each feedlot depends on its access to water, location, site, size and operation.

Factors to be considered when planning and designing a water reticulation system include
volume of water required, distance, flow rate and pressure. Water reticulation system should be
obtained to determine system layout, pumping capacity and pressure, pipeline sizes and valve locations.
The designer should locate the system that would reach the entire rice field in accordance to its
required water every season.

DOMINANT FLOW PATH

1
Q1=820 cu.m/day

2
Q2
FLOW ANALYSIS (FROM PUMPING STATION)USING APPROXIMATE METHOD

Table 1.0 Simplified Standard Value of Irrigation Need

Water Requirement (cm) Irrigation need (li/s/ha)

8.6 1
3 0.5
<3,>0 0.2

Table 1.1

Stages Water Requirement (cm)

Nursery 1
Vegetative 4
Fillering 12
Milky 16
Duo 4
Ripening 0

Equation for determining pump rate:

Q2 (li/s) = Area (ha) x IN (li/s/ha)

Where:

Q2 =pump rate needed

A=total area
IN=Irrigation needed

Therefore,