Category: Irrigation and Water Engineering

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees and dikes are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions.

Irrigation has the following main classes: Flow Irrigation: Flow irrigation is that type of irrigation in which the supply of irrigation water available is at such a level that it is conveyed onto the land by gravity flow. Flow irrigation may be further divided into perennial irrigation system and inundation or flood irrigation system. In…

Apart from increase in the production of food, there are many indirect benefits or advantages of irrigations such as:

Irrigation is defined as the process of artificial supply of water to soil for raising crops. It is a science of planning and designing an efficient, low-cost, economic irrigation system tailored to fit natural conditions. It is the engineering of controlling and harnessing the various natural sources of water, by constructing dams and reservoirs, canals…