P. Waller, M.

Yitayew
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

▶ Suitable for students as well as engineers and practitioners in the

design of irrigation and drainage systems
▶ Provides students with modern tools for design - Excel worksheets
and VBA
▶ Emphasizes standard design practices as approved by Natural
Resources Conservation Service and American Society of Agricultural
and Biosystems Engineers

1st ed. 2016, XVI, 742 p. 575 illus., 390 illus.
in color. With online files/update.
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This textbook focuses specifically on the combined topics of irrigation and drainage
engineering. It emphasizes both basic concepts and practical applications of the latest
technologies available. The design of irrigation, pumping, and drainage systems using
Excel and Visual Basic for Applications programs are explained for both graduate and
undergraduate students and practicing engineers. The book emphasizes environmental
protection, economics, and engineering design processes. It includes detailed chapters
on irrigation economics, soils, reference evapotranspiration, crop evapotranspiration,
pipe flow, pumps, open-channel flow, groundwater, center pivots, turf and landscape,
drip, orchards, wheel lines, hand lines, surfaces, greenhouse hydroponics, soil water
movement, drainage systems design, drainage and wetlands contaminant fate and
transport. It contains summaries, homework problems, and color photos. The book draws
from the fields of fluid mechanics, soil physics, hydrology, soil chemistry, economics, and
plant sciences to present a broad interdisciplinary view of the fundamental concepts in
irrigation and drainage systems design.

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