Irrigation and Water Power Engineering

Irrigation and Water Power Engineering By Dr. B.C. Punmia and Dr. Pande B.B. Lal

A long-running Indian civil engineering text now spanning well over a dozen editions since its first publication in the late 1960s, organized into four clear sections that carry a student from irrigation basics through to water resources planning. It opens with irrigation practice and crop water requirements, moves into water resources engineering — hydrology, groundwater, reservoirs, and the full range of dam types — then covers irrigation distribution systems (canals, channels, outlets, and cross-drainage works), before closing with river engineering, water power engineering, and a survey of major dams in India. Throughout, theory is paired with technical definitions, formulas, diagrams, and solved examples.

Topics commonly covered include:

• Irrigation practice and methods

• Water requirements of crops

• Hydrology and groundwater/well irrigation

• Reservoir planning

• Gravity, arch/buttress, and earth/rockfill dams

• Spillways and diversion headworks

• Irrigation channel design and silt theories

• Waterlogging and canal lining

• Canal outlets and regulation works

• River engineering and water power engineering

Key features:

• Organized into four progressive sections, from irrigation practice to advanced water resources topics

• Extensive worked examples alongside theory and technical data

• Long-established as a core text in Indian civil engineering curricula since the late 1960s

• Broad coverage spanning dams, canals, hydrology, and water power in one volume

• Includes a dedicated survey of major dams in India

Perfect for:

• Civil engineering students studying irrigation and water resources engineering

• Students specializing in hydraulic structures or dam engineering

• Practicing engineers working on irrigation or water resource projects

• Faculty teaching irrigation, water power, or water resources engineering courses

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