Name of scheme :

Co ordinate :
Net catchment area:
Agro Ecological zone :

Rathmalgaha wewa
D/11 (8.80 x 5.40)
E,
N
1.351 sq.mile
3.50 km2
DL1

Monthly 75% probability rainfall and effective rainfall

For Maha season

Month
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March

r/f 75% pro/( inch)

5.0
6.0
5.0
3.0
1.0
2.0
22.0

Eff
Pe/(inch)
2.91
3.58
2.91
1.57
0.23
0.90

Yield calculation
Seasonal specific yield for Maha season
Catchment area
Total rainfall during Maha
seasonal rainfall volume

For Yala season

r/f 75%
Eff
pro/( Pe/(inch
Month
inch)
)
April
5.00
2.91
May
2.00
0.90
June
0.50
-0.10
July
0.00
-0.44
Aug
0.50
-0.10
Sep
1.00
0.23
9.00

1.351 sq.miles
22.0 inches
22.0 x 640 /12
1173.3 Ac.ft/sq.mile

From Iso-yield curves, average yield for Maha

465 Ac.ft/sq.mile
Maha runoff = Average yield from ISO-curve / seasonal rainfall volume x 100
Runoff
39.63 %
Hence specific yield adjssted to 35% of r/f

Then specific yield

410.67 Ac.ft/sq.mile

Seasonal specific yield for Yala season

Total rainfall during Yala
seasonal rainfall volume
r/f volume

9.00 inches
9.00 x 640 /12
480 Ac.ft/sq.mile

From Iso-yield curves, average yield for Yala

Runoff
Hence specific yield adjssted to 35% of r/f
Then specific yield

Irrigation requarement for Maha season

91
18.96 %
91.00 Ac.ft/sq.mile

38.5 inch

Probable command area in Maha season =

Probable command area in Maha season =
say
Irrigation requarement for Yala season =
Probable command area in yala season =
Say

Specific yield x catchment area / Irrigation

requirement
172.79 Acs
745 Acs
45.1 inch
32.677
150 Acs

Monthly seasonal yield for maha per inch of r/f = Specific yield x catchment area /Maha total rainfall
Monthly seasonal yield for maha per inch of r/f
25.22 Ac.ft
Monthly seasonal yield for Yala per inch of r/f = Specific yield x catchment area /Yala total rainfall
Monthly seasonal yield for Yala per inch of r/f
13.6601 Ac.ft

Seasonal yeilds as follows.

Maha
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March

yeild per in
25.22
25.22
25.22
25.22
25.22
25.22

R.B. sluice sill level

r/f
/(inch)
6.0
7.0
6.5
5.0
1.5
2.0

Maha
yeild in
acrefeet
151.3
176.5
163.9
126.1
37.8
50.4
706.1

Base leval +Height of the dead storage

105 m.

Minimum operating leval : Sill of sluices +sluice opening ht + 1 ft

105+.6+0.3
105.9 m.
Initial storage : Storage at minimum opening level
22 Acft
Full supply level(FSL)
Bund top level (BTL)

Yala
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sep

112.2m
113.7 m

yeild per
r/f
in
/(inch)
13.66
4.00
13.66
2.00
13.66
2.00
13.66
1.50
13.66
1.00
13.66
1.50

Yala
yeild in
acrefeet
54.6
27.3
27.3
20.5
13.7
20.5
163.9

Operation study
Data of the Nachchaduwa and Iranamadu staitions were considered to calculate monthly evaporation.
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March April
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Nachchaduwa
0.352
0.294
0.313
0.323
0.360
0.488
0.407
0.420
0.444
0.446
0.488
0.480
Evaporatio
n/ft
Iranamadu
Average eva. /ft

0.320
0.336
Oct

Trial no 01 Capacity :
FSL : 140ft
Storage at 1st month/acft
Inflow/Acft
surface area/acs
Evaporation
Seepage
IR /feet
Demand
Spillages
Storage at end of month

827.5
120.00
245.2
53.14
17.85
0.60
0.554
110.79
0.0
235.97

0.227
0.261

0.221
0.267

0.250
0.287

From Tank M

month
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March
April

month
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March
April

51.89
144.74
121.06
65.53
3.34
41.09
45.08

0.363
0.426

0.337
0.372

0.384
0.402

0.418
0.431

0.416
0.431

0.405
0.447

0.402
0.441

Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March April
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
acft
Maha :
200 Acs
Yala:
100 Acs
235.97 493.18 660.12 661.18 583.82 652.19 726.22 601.61 444.34 313.04
297.67
378.1
334.1
222.8
46.7
108.0
117.7
27.7
27.3
20.5
13.7
24.4
58.17
79.11
92.74
92.83
86.34
92.02
98.69
87.76
74.72
61.51
60.84
15.15
21.12
26.57
29.34
36.74
34.23
39.67
37.82
32.21
27.46
26.83
1.18
2.47
3.30
3.31
2.92
3.26
3.63
3.01
2.22
1.57
1.49
0.523
0.718
0.960
0.457
0.000
0.061
1.090
1.438
1.174
104.52 143.56 191.90
91.41
0.00
6.14 108.97 143.75 117.37
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
493.18 660.12 661.18 583.82 652.19 726.22 601.61 444.34 313.04 297.67
293.71

From Elapath wewa

Inflow

0.272
0.316

Inflow
42.01
56.80
49.11
31.21
5.52
16.50
17.94

May
June
July
Aug
Sep

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

May
June
July
Aug
Sep

0.34
0.00
0.00
0.00
3.87

Sq km to Sq mile
3.5 Sq km
1.35136 Sq mile

Data
Answer

Area/acs

Capacity/Acft Cumulative Capacity/ Acft

0
0
0

13.502
53.777
63.203
100.391

13.502
100.9185
58.49
163.594

13.502
114.4205
172.9105
336.5045

130.416
247.788

230.807
945.51

567.3115
1512.8215

6. Basic Design Criteria.

Reservoir Operation
For this purpose cropping pattern of 135 days paddy for Maha season and 30% of 105 paddy and
70% of other field crops for Yala season was assumed.
Calculation of Crop water requirement
Crop water requirement, ETc = ETo x kc
Kc
Crop factor
Eto
Reference crop evapo-transpiration
Irrigation requirement
water requirement for land preparation = land soaking (Ls) + land tillage (Lt) = 7 inch withing 10
days for low land farms
Net crop water requirement = Gross crop water requirement / Application efficiency (Ea)
Field irrigation requirement (FIR) = water requirement for land preparation + Net crop water
requirement
Irrigation requirement = 100 x (FIR-Pe)/Ec
Pe = Effective rainfall
Ec = Conveyance efficiency, assumed as 70 %

ET0/ inch

Oct
31
6.2

Period/days
Growth Stage
Crop factor,Kc
Etc/ Paddy
Etc/ Paddy(per month)
land soakage & tilling

Nov
30
4.3
16

14

Dec
Jan
Feb
31
31
28
4.5
4.7
5
Maha season -100% low land paddy
16
24
7
31
7
5

Initial 30
Dev 40
1.00
1.15
3.20 2.01 2.64 4.01 1.22
3.20
4.64
5.23
2.00

Late 20
0.9
1.50 0.8
2.30

April
May
June
July
Aug Sep
30
31
30
31
31 30
5.9
6.4
6.9
7.5
7.6 7.5
Yala season 0 % low land paddy
15
5 26
4 26
4 25

period/days
Growth Stage

Initial 20 Dev30
Mid 30 Late25
0.90
1.00
1.05
0.90
2.66 0.93 5.37 0.92 6.28 1.02 5.44
2.66
6.30
7.20
6.46
7.00
Other crops
100 %
15 20 11
30
9 20
Ini Mid
Dev 50
End

Crop factor,Kc
Etc/other crops
Etc/ other crops(per month)

0.65 0.85
1.92 3.51 2.38
1.92
5.89

1.05
7.25
7.25

0.75
2.29 3.63
5.92

1.918

5.894

7.245

5.915

3.196
5
2.680
0.516
0.737
0.061

9.824
2
0.670
9.154
13.077
1.090

12.075
0.5
0.000
12.075
17.250
1.438
45.148

9.859
0
0.000
9.859
14.084
1.174

irrigation requirement for Agro ecological region, DL1

ETC=1*ETc paddy
3.200
4.644
5.226
FIR= Ls+Lt+(Etc/Ea)
at Ea = 60%
7.333
7.740
8.710
r\f (inch)
5.00
6.00
5.00
Pe (inch)
2.68
3.35
2.68
FIR-Pe
4.65
4.39
6.03
IR at Ec=70% / inch
6.648
6.271
8.614
IR /feet
0.554
0.523
0.718
Total IR for maha/ inch
38.532

Mid45
1.20
5.64
5.64

March
31
6.2

5.640

2.304

9.400
3.00
1.34
8.06
11.514
0.960

3.839
1.00
0.00
3.84
5.485
0.457

ETC=.3*ETc
paddy+.7*Etc

Table 01 :Monthly irrigation water requirement

870
860
850
840
830
820
810

FSL

800
790

780
770
760
750
740
730
720
710
700
690
680
670

660
650
640
630
620
610
600
142

590
580
570
560
550

540
530
520
510
500
490
480