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| HYDR0004-1 | Irrigation
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Aurore Degré, Sarah Garré |
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| Coordinator : | Aurore Degré |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| 1) Crops water needs
Evaporation and evapotranspiration
Crops uptake and humidity profile in soils
Calculation of water need (quantity and periodicity)
2) Soil salinity
origins and consequences
Technics against salinity
3)Introduction to the different irrigation techniques
water distribution and impacts on soil water profile
4) Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
5) Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
6) Drip irrigation
Drip irrigation systems and material disposition
Crops water needs for drip irrigation
Network design
Related equipments
Network and irrigated material survey
7) Irrigation system management |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Surface, drip and sprinkling irrigation engeneering formation
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Calculate the crop water needs
- Calculate a water distribution system (quantity and periodicity)
- Understand, evaluate and manage a problem of salinity.
- Understand the working process and the design of the different irrigation systems (surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation).
- incorporate social and cultural aspects in irrigation management |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| - HYDR0007 - Fluid mechanics- HYDR0010-1 - Gravitational flow
- HYDR0002 - Water flow in soils |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| *lectures
*calculations on computers
*irrigation game
*literature
*excursion |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 24h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Traité d'irrigation, Tiercelin, ed. Lavoisier Paris: Ouvrage collectif de 63 auteurs. 1998.
-The United Nations World Water Development Report
(http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/wwdr/)
* Water in a changing world (2009)
* Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk (2012) -FAO Water publications
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/infores.html |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Participation irrigation game and excursion (10%)
Oral examination (40%)
Written examination (50%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| GARRE Sarah
Bât. 2 Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
AgricultureIsLife
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux+32 (0)81.62.21.62
sarah.garre@ulg.ac.be
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DEGRE Aurore
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622181
Aurore.Degre@ulg.ac.be |
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