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| HYDR0004-1 | Irrigation
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Sarah Garré |
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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) Introduction to the different irrigation techniques
water distribution and impacts on soil water profile
2) Surface irrigation
Surface irrigation systems
Theory of surface irrigation
fields leveling
3) Sprinkler irrigation
Key equipment
Network description
Rain distribution, sprinkler spacing, uniformity
Basic principle for the disign of a sprinkler irrigation system
4) Drip irrigation
Drip irrigation systems and material disposition
Crops water needs for drip irrigation
Network design
Related equipments
Network and irrigated material survey
5) Irrigation system management
6) Soil salinity
Origins and consequences
Technics against salinity |
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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
- Understand the working process and the design of the different irrigation systems (surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation).
- Understand, evaluate and manage a problem of salinity.
- Incorporate social and cultural aspects in irrigation management |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| - Edaphology
- Hydrology
- Applied fluid mechanics
- Transport and distribution of fluids |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| *lectures
*computer calculations
*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, exercices and excursion (50%)
Oral 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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