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Consumptive Use of Water: Chapter - 7
Consumptive Use of Water: Chapter - 7
Consumptive Use of Water: Chapter - 7
7.1 General
The factors affecting the rate of evaporation are the vapour pressure at the
water surface and air above, air and water temperatures, wind speed, atmosphere
pressure _and_ size of the water body. Other factors remaining same, the rate of
ev1aporal!on mcreases with an increase in the water temperature. Higher wind
ve oc1ty causes greater scope for evaporation Decrease in atm h ·
. . · osp enc pressure
mcreases evapo~al!on. The solute dissolved in water causes reduction in the
rate of evaporat10n than that of pure water. The evaporat· f · -
occurs m · same way to free water surface when. the s ·1 ion . 1 rom soi1 surface,
by 01
. th·~n flI m of water and pore spaces are partiall filled
Partic Hes are surrounded
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situation greater resistance has to ov f Y · · owever, m such
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Particles than while evaporating from ercome
f . or evaporatio n from t h e soil.
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process practically stops when the a . ree water surfac , e. The evaporation.
threshold value. moisture content in soil goes below a
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Some terminolo l
gy re ated to evapotranspiration / consumptive use
Potential evapotrans . .
evapotransp· . pirabon (PET): It may be defined as the highest rate of
1ration (ET) b · .
covered by th . Y an actively growmg crop or vegetation, completely
refers th"" 1 foliage and no limitation of water in a given climate. It
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'"' maximum loss of water in a crop field.
Crop evapotr • .
anspirahon (ET ): It may be defined as the rate of
evapotranspiration o f,a ct·1sease f ree crop
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growing in a field of not less than one
h ectare under adeq t f ·i·
. .. ua e ert1 1ty and water supply so that full production potential
can be acn1eved in preva11mg·· · environment.
• Evapotranspiration requirement of
a crop refers the ET
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plants grow further and shading the area by foliage the transpiration rate
increases as the evaporation rate progressively decreases. The process continues
till almost the entire area is covered. At this time the ET value reaches to its
peak. This peak values continues with little variation till the start of maturity
of the crop. The proportion of evaporation and transpiration also remain almost
same.
Evapotranspiration (ET 1
ET
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------- Transpiration ( T )
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ETC
K =- (7.1)
c ET 0
The crop coefficient depends on crop variety, duration, growing season, stage
of crop growth, depth of rooting, method of irrigation, plant population,
fertilization, weed control, tillage, plant protections, etc. The crop coefficient
is fixed for a given crop but the values differ at different stage of growth. It is
low at the early stage of growth and increases as it approaches to grand growth
stage and remains almost constant during this stage and then decline gradually
(Fig.7.2). For selecting the crop coefficient, information is required for date of
sowing of the crop, the length of the growing season, the duration of the initial
stage (germination to 10% ground cover) , duration of the crop development
stage (from 10% to 80% ground cover), the duration of the mid-- season stage
(from 80% ground cover to start of ripening) and duration of late season stage
(from start of ripening to harvest). The crop coefficient values for important
field and vegetable crops are given in Table (Table 7 .1-7 .5).
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Crop stage
Fig 7.2 Crop coefficient at different stage of plant growth
Table 7.1 Crop coefficient values for important field crops aat different stage of development
Ta_b le 7 -4 Values of monthly crop coefficient (K) to compute consumptive use by Blanney-
Cnddle formula c
Lysimeter method
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Weighing load cell
In a weighing type lysimeter the operator can study the water balance by
regularly noting the water added, water retained in the soil and the losses of (
water in the form of evapotranspiration and deep percolation (Fig.7 .5) . These
process requires weighing which may be made by weigh bridge with continuous
recording of weight change or by floating the lysimeter inside a tank in suitable
liquid (water or Zncl2 solution )in which case the change in liquid displacement
computes the water loss frmn the tank. A continuous record of such liquid
displacement gives the total field water loss providing the tank is permanently
buried in ground and surrounded by the large area of crop of same height. The
measured amount of water is applied in the lysimeter from the supply tank.
The water level in the lysimeter tank is maintained of a predetermined level.
Float mechanism is provided to receive the excess water that tends to builds up
in the tank. The records of overflow, deep percolation, rainfall, etc. give the
calculation of evapotranspiration following the expression.
= ER+IR It
+~SW
Where, P= precipitation
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Where, Mbi=soil moisture percentage at the beginning of the season in the i1h
layer.
M e1.= soil moisture percentage at the end of season in the jth layer of these soil.
~- = apparent specific gravity of the layer
~ -= depth of the layer
The soil moisture depletion method is employed in fairly uniform soil of ground
water table at such depth (at least Jm deep) that it cannot influence the soil !
the root zone are measured just be- fore and after the irrigation or rainfall as
early as sampling is possible and in between the two successive irrigation as
frequently as possible depending on the level of accuracy desired. The irrigation
is given at a predetermined level of soil moisture depletion. The soil moisture
depletion between two successive soil sampling considered to be the
consumptive use (CU) of that period. The water losses during the short pedod(s)
just after irrigation (s) and soil sampling may be taken at a rate of potential
evapotrans piration (PET).
The expressions for consumptive use may be expressed as
CU=Su
- ~ Mu - A .D.
and u - fi' 100
M2 i
s, , (7.26)
Where, u= consumptive use between the period of two successive soil sampling
M1i= soil moisture percent at the time of first sampling in i th layer
M2i= soil moisture percent at the time of second soil sampling in ith layer
A .= apparent specific gravity of the soil in i 1h layer
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D.=
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depth of i th layer of soil, cm
N= number of soil layer in root depth, D
= Ep x KCxKp
E p= pan evapotmspiration
KC= crop factor, Kp = pan factor
In estimating seasonal consumptive use the inflow and outflow to subsurface
water and the change of moisture in soil profile assumed negligible.
Inflow-outflow method
This method is also called as water balance method and used for estimating
consumptive use for large area. It may be expressed as
(7.27)
CU = P +I+ ~GW - R
Where, CU= consumptive use
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Wooden platform
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Fig. 7.6 USWB Class-A pan evaporimeter e-
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Sunken screen pan evaporimeter
The sunken screen pan evaporimeter was developed by Sharma & Dastane
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(1968) which provides more close evaporation values then USWB Class-A e::
pan evaporimeter (Majumdar, 2000). The pan evaporation to evapotranspiration
ratio (ET/EP) in sunken pan screen diameter was 0.95 to 1.05 in comparison to
1.2 to 1.5 in USWB class-A pan.
The sunken screen pan evapoirmeter consists of 60 cm diameter and 45cm
deep pan made of 20 gauge galvanized sheet and a stilling basin of diameter
15cm connected to pan by a 15cm length in tube. The pan and the stilling well
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are painted white and screened at the top by wire net of 6/20 meshes. The
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stilling well is provided by a pointer. The pan and the stilling basin are buried
in the soil leaving 10cm only above the ground. Similar to USWB class A pan C
the rate of evaporation in determined by measuring the lowering of water level
by the point gauge or by dividing the volume of water level to the marked C
position by the pan area (Fig.7.7).
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Ans. 7.09mml day ~
7.19 Calculate the ET0 by FAO Penman-Monteith method by using the
following data of an arbitrary chosen location.
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Latitude= 15°N C
Month =July C:
Monthly average daily maximum temperature (Tmax ) = 35°C
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Monthly average daily minimum temperature (Tmm. ) = 25°C
Monthly average daily vapor pressure (e)=2.90kPa C
Monthly average daily wind speed measured at 2m height (u 2) = 2.5m/s C
Monthly average sunshine duration (n) = 8.0 hours/day
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Ans. 6.0mm/day ~
7.20 Select the appropriate answer from the following multiple-choice C
questions.
1. Potential evapotranspiration is more or equal to evapotranspiration ~
(d) pan evaporation
(a) crop evapotranspiration (b) actual crp evapotranspiration
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(c) unadjusted
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2. At the early stage of crop maximum contribution to evapotranspiration is
(a) Transpiration (b) evaporation (c) percolation (cl) leaching....,
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3. Peak period consumptive consumptive use is the average of the highest ~
consumptive use rates of few days usually
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(a) 2-1 0 days (b) 6-10 days (c) 5-15days (d) 10-15days
4. Inigation system capacity depends on ~
(a) daily consumptive use rate (b) seasonal consumptive use rate (c) peak
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period consumptive use rate (d) mid-season consumptive use rate
5. l.0MJm-2 day-'is equivalent to ~
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(a) 0.104mm/m 2/day (b) 0 .208mm/m 2/day (c) 0.306mm/m /day
(d) 0.408mm!m2/day
6· Hypothetical crop in the process of estimating evapotranspiration has a
fixed surface resistance of
(a) 30s/m (b) 50s/m (c) 60s/m (d) 70s/m
7· Latent heat of 5kg water at an air temperature of 20°C is
(a) 1.55 MJm-2 day- 1(b) 2.45MJm-2 day-I (c)4.10 MJm-2 day-'
(d) 12.25MJm-2 day-I
8. Psychrometric constant at atmospheric pressure 102.5kPa is
(a) 0.066 (b) 0.067 (c) 0.068 (d) 0.069
Anso 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6 . (d) 7. (d) 8. (c)
7.21 State True or False of the following statements.
1. Crop factor and crop coefficient is synonymous.
2. Plant population is a factor of crop coefficient.
3. Crop factor is always less than the reference crop evapotranspiration.
4. The duration of initial stage of a crop is germination to 15% of ground
cover.
5. Soil heat flux is considered negligible.
6. The specific heat at constant pressure on average atmospheric condition
is 1.013xI0-3 MJm-2 day-.
7. Relative humidity varies much more than the actual vapor pressure in
different time of a day.
8. Actual vapor pressure is the saturated vapor pressure at the dew point
temperature.
9. The Penman methods require local calibration of the wind to achieve
satisfactory results.
10. The radiation methods show good results in arid conditions.
Ans. l. True 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. T1ue 6. True 7. True 8. True 9. True
10. False