WATER REQUIREMENTS OF CROPS 31

Solution. Volume of water supplied by 10 cumecs of water applied for 4 hours

=
(10 x 4x 60 x 60) m* =1,44,000 m
= 14.4 x 10' m =14.4 mx 10" m 14.4 ha.m.
( 10 m = 1 hectare)
Input 14.4 ha.m ..)
Output = 32 hectares land is storing water upto 0.3 m depth.
Output 32 x 0.3 ha.m 9.6 ha.m ...(i)
9.6 x 100 66.67%
Water application efticiency, na): Output x 100 14.4
Ans.
Input
efficiency. The effective
( ) Uniformity coefficient o r Water distribution
water distribution efficiency (nd),
1ness of irrigation may also be measured by its
which is defined below
d ..(2.3)
nu-1- D
where nd = Water distribution efficiency.
D Mean depth of water stored during irriga-
=

tion.
d= Average of the absolute values of devia-
tions from the mean.

the has
efficiency represents the extent to which
water
The water distribution
the field. When the water has
penetrated to a uniform depth, throughout
the deviation from the m e a n depth is
penetrated uniformly throughout the field,
zero and water distribution efficiency
is 1.0.
the length of a boarder strip at
Example 2.6. The depths of penetrations along values
points 30 metres apart were probed. Their observed
are 2.0, 1.9, 1.8, 1.6 and
1.5 metres. Compute the water distribution efficiency.
2.0, 1.9, 1.8, 1.6 and 1.5
Solution. The observed depths at five stations are

metres, respectively.
1.5 8.8
2.0+ 1.9 +1.8 +1.6
+
= 1.76 metres
Mean depth- D =
5
5

Values of deviations from the mean are (2.0 -

1.76), (1.9 -

1.76), (1.8 - 1.76).

(1.6-1.76), (1.5 - 1.76)i.e.

-0.16 and 0.26.

0.24, 0.14, 0.04,
-

from the mean, are 0.24, 0.14, 0.04,

The absolute values of these deviations
0.16 and 0.26
values of deviations from the
The average of these absolute
0.84
0.24 +0.14 +0.04 +0.16 +0.26 0.168 metre
mean=d = 5 5

The water distribution efficiency

0.168 1 - 0.095 =0.905

1.76
0.905. Ans.
water distribution efficiency =

Hence, the