Irrigation Engineering

Effectiveirrigation, enhanced pertinent technologies, thereby provides a mostlucrative source for making agriculture profitable and worthwhile.This book has been written as a manual guiding agricultural engineerson the principles and concepts which define irrigation engineering.Elaborating upon the tools, technologies and techniques which areessential to the field, the text takes a look at the types ofirrigation, including surface, localised and sprinkler systems, andhow they are changing agriculture itself by making it morescientific. In addition to it the challenges faced by irrigationsystems including those of entrophication, water pollution, depletionof underground aquifers, etc., are also discussed. Current trends anddevelopment have been analysed as well as the future prospects andopportunities.