Question: ( c ) A surface irrigation is required to irrigate 5 - acre watermelon plot with a peak water demand of 1 2 m m

(c) A surface irrigation is required to irrigate 5-acre watermelon plot with a peak water demand of 12mm? day and depletion rate of 0.8 on clay loam soil whose infiltration rate is 7.2mmhr and water holding capacity of 150mmm. Design a 1:1 trapezoidal canal to deliver the irrigation water at 0.7ms if the irrigation efficiency of 80% is anticipated for 8-hour irrigation per day. Assume bed-slope of 1:500 concrete lined canal with a manning roughness of 0.015 and rooting depth of 1.3m.
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( c ) A surface irrigation is required to

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