JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD 
III Year B.Tech. CE - I Sem      L  T/P/D  C 
4   - / - /-  4 
(A50122) WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING - I


UNIT - I:

Introduction to engineering hydrology and its applications, Hydrologic cycle, types and forms of precipitation, rainfall measurement, types of rain gauges, computation of average rainfall over a basin, processing of rainfall data - Adjustment of record - Rainfall Double Mass Curve. Runoff- Factors affecting Runoff - Runoff over a Catchment - Empirical and Rational Formulae.

Abstraction from rainfall-evaporation, factors affecting evaporation, measurement of evaporation- Evapotranspiration- Penman and Blaney & Criddle Methods - Infiltration, factors affecting infiltration, measurement of infiltration, infiltration indices.

UNIT - II:

Distribution of Runoff - Hydrograph Analysis Flood Hydrography - Effective Rainfall - Base Flow - Base Flow Separation - Direct Runoff Hydrograph - Unit Hydrograph, definition, and limitations of applications of Unit hydrograph, derivation of Unit Hydrograph from Direct Runoff Hydrograph and vice versa - S-hydrograph, Synthetic Unit Hydrograph.

UNIT - III:

Ground water Occurrence, types of aquifers, aquifer parameters, porosity, specific yield, permeability, transmissivitty and storage coefficient, Darcy's law, radial flow to wells in confined and unconfined aquifers.Types of well's, Well Construction - Well Development.

UNIT - IV:

Necessity and Importance of Irrigation, advantages and ill effects of irrigation, types of Irrigation, methods of application of Irrigation water, Indian agricultural soils, methods of improving soil fertility - Crop Roation, preparation of land for Irrigation, standards of quality for Irrigation water.

Soil-water-plant relationship, vertical distribution of soil moisture, soil moisture constants, soil moisture tension, consumptive use, Duty and delta, factors affecting duty- Design discharge for a water course. Depth and frequency of Irrigation, irrigation efficiencies-Water Logging.

UNIT - V:

Classification of canals, Design of Irrigation canals by Kennedy's and Lacey's theories, balancing depth of cutting, IS standard for a canal design canal lining.

Design Discharge over a catchment, Computation of design discharge rational formula, SCS curve number method, flood frequency analysis- Introductory Part Only. Stream Gauging - measurement and estimation of stream flow.

TEXT BOOKS:

  1. Engineering hydrology by Jayram Reddy, Laxmi publications pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
  2. Irrigation and water power engineering by Punmia & Lal, Laxmi publications pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

REFERENCES:

  1. Elementary hydrology by V. P. Singh, PHI publications.
  2. Irrigation and Water Resources & Water Power by P. N. Modi, Standard Book House.
  3. Water Resources Engineering - I by Dr. G. Venkata Ramana, Acadamic Publishing Company.
  4. Irrigation Water Management by D. K. Manjundar, Printice Hall of India.
  5. Irrigation and Hydraulic structures by S. K. Grag.
  6. Applied hydrology by Ven Te Chow, David R. Maidment larry W. Mays Tata Mc. Graw Hill.
  7. Introduction to hydrology by Warren Viessvann, Jr, Garyl. Lewis, PHI.
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