ESTIMATION OF IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS

1. Crop water requirements

CWR = ETc + P ; ETc = Kc x ETo

2. Field irrigation requirements (FIR)

FIR = LPWR + CWR - RFef

3. Farm water requirements (FWR)

FWR = FIR + Farm losses
FIR
Application efficiency, E a  x 100
FWR
4. Diversion water requirement (DWR)
FWR
DWR  x 100 ; where Ec = Conveyance efficiency
Ec

Sample Problem:
Given: Peak period of rice
ETo = 5 mm/day
Crop coef = 1.17
Percolation rate = 2 mm/day
Effective rainfall = 15 mm for a period of 10 days
Application eff = 70%
Conveyance eff = 80%

Turn out Irrigable area

1 10 has
2 15 has
3 12 has

Required : Total Diversion water requirement

Sol’n :
1). CWR = (1.17)(5 mm/day) + 2 mm/day
= 5.85 mm/day + 2 mm/day
CWR = 7.85 mm/day

2). FIR = LPWR + CWR - RFef

= 0 + 7.85 – (15mm/10 day)
= 6.35 mm/day (1/8.64)
= 0.735 lps/ha

FIR 0.735
3). FWR  
Ea 0.7
 = 1.05 lps/ha

4). Diversion Water Requirement

FIR 1.05
DWR  
Ec 0.8
DWR = 1.3125 lps/ha

Turn out Area (ha) FWR (lps) DWR (lps)

1 10 10.5 13.12
2 15 15.75 19.69
3 12 12.6 15.75
= 37 DWR = 48.56 lps

Or 1.3125 x 37 = 48.56