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Outlet discharge: wheat and rice, 10000 ha

Short answer

Discharge for wheat is 1.67 m³/s and for rice is 1.57 m³/s. Since kor periods occur in different seasons, the outlet is designed for 1.67 m³/s.

A culturable command area for a minor channel is 10000 ha. Irrigation intensity is 30% for wheat and 15% for rice. The KOR period for wheat is 4 weeks and rice is 3 weeks. KOR watering depths for wheat and rice are 135 mm and 190 mm, respectively. Estimate outlet discharge.

Method. The kor (critical) watering must be given to the crop within the kor period, so the outlet discharge for a crop is

Q=A dT×86400Q = \frac{A\,d}{T\times 86400}

where AA = area of the crop (m2^2), dd = kor depth (m) and TT = kor period (days).

Areas: wheat =0.30×10000=3000= 0.30\times 10000 = 3000 ha; rice =0.15×10000=1500= 0.15\times 10000 = 1500 ha.

Wheat (T=4×7=28T = 4\times7 = 28 days, d=0.135d = 0.135 m):

Qw=3×107×0.13528×86400=1.674 m3/sQ_w = \frac{3\times 10^7\times 0.135}{28\times 86400} = 1.674\ \text{m}^3/\text{s}

Rice (T=3×7=21T = 3\times7 = 21 days, d=0.19d = 0.19 m):

Qr=1.5×107×0.1921×86400=1.571 m3/sQ_r = \frac{1.5\times 10^7\times 0.19}{21\times 86400} = 1.571\ \text{m}^3/\text{s}

Wheat (rabi) and rice (kharif) are grown in different seasons, so their kor periods do not overlap and the outlet is designed for the larger discharge.

Answer: outlet discharge = 1.67 cumec (wheat governs; if both crops had to be watered together, the total would be 3.24 cumec).

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