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The Department of Soil,
Water, Land Engineering & Management offers a broad based program of
education and training in all aspects of Land and Water Resource
Engineering. The international community is starting to refer to the 21st
century as the century of water. With a combination of research efforts,
human resource development and extension services, the Department has moved
a long way to provide water and food security to the nation. The increasing
scarcity of water and growing environmental concerns depleting water
resources are convincing the water policy makers to enlarge the focus of
their work.
Lab Facilities
Soil and Water Engineering Lab (Irrigation Engineering, Soil and Water
Conservation Engineering, Drainage Engineering)
In Uttar Pradesh every year during the summer season people are facing the
problem of drinking and irrigation water due to the dried wells and canals,
decline of water table both in urban and rural areas. In India only 10-20%
of rainfall is used for beneficial purposes, 80% of the water wastes as
runoff and causing the problem of flood during rainy season every year. The
efficiency of existing conventional canal system hardly ranges upto 40
percent, thus huge wastage of water resources. Lack of knowledge and
negligence of the rural and urban and farming community regarding irrigation
scheduling, optimum utilization of available water resources the situation
is at alarming stage. The different technologies of rain water harvesting
and use of farm ponds, irrigation scheduling, ground water recharge,
restructuring and appraisal of canal irrigation, design and layout of
pressurized irrigation system, estimation of soil physical properties, water
movement in soil, channel design, hydrologic modeling, reclamation of
waterlogged and salt affected soils etc. is developed and training is being
imparted to students and farmers for conservation and better management of
our land and water resources .
Water Resource Engineering Lab
In this region many local manufacturers are supplying their pumps in the
market and due their lesser price range compared to branded products the
farmers are using it extensively for agricultural purposes. It was observed
that these are consuming higher energy and causing heavy loss to the farmers
, having very less pumping efficiency and also not provided the rated
discharge as quoted by the manufacturers in their specifications. The
Department has different pump test rigs to impart training to the students
and farmers on testing of different types of pumps against the information
provided by the manufacturer. To provide training on the selection of pump
based on their requirement, and the type of water source in view of energy
and money saving. To provide training on correct layout of pipe network to
reduce pressure and discharge variation in suction and delivery .To provide
training on the correct operational procedures and proper repair and
maintenance to overcome the troubleshooting and obtain better operational
efficiency.
Remote Sensing & GIS Laboratory
Department of Soil Water Land Engineering and Management has its Remote
Sensing and GIS laboratory. GIS and Remote sensing technique is one of the
upcoming technologies and has a wide range of application in water resource
management like precision farming, runoff rainfall analysis, erosion
problems, ground water assessment, flood risk zone mapping, irrigation
performance assessment, drought monitoring etc, This technology have proved
its worth in many aspects of agricultural and watershed development.
Training is being provided to the students on handling the Remote Sensing
data using Remote Sensing & GIS softwares for image interpretation, mapping
of wetlands, change detection, assessment of productivity, hydrological
studies, irrigation performance studies, etc in all possible fields of
Agricultural Engineering.
Irrigation Training and Research Station
Department of Soil Water Land Engineering and Management has its own
Irrigation Training and Research Station in about 3 hectare with the
facility to conduct experiments on the various aspects of pressurized
irrigation system to train the students and farmers in the area of
pressurized irrigation systems.
Research Activities
The major thrust areas of research are Appraisal of canal irrigation
projects, Sustainable water resources management, Participatory irrigation
management, Environmental impact assessment of water resource projects, GIS
& remote sensing application in water resource management, Crop water
requirement, Comparison of Drip, Microsprinkler and surface irrigation
methods of vegetables, fruits & flowers, Yield and economic return of high
value crops under variable irrigation and lateral spacing, Optimal
irrigation scheduling of vegetables and fruit crops, Water and the nutrient
management of crops to enhance productivity, water use efficiency and
economic return, Yield, water use efficiency and economic return of crops
under mulch and non-mulch conditions, Crop response to pressurized
irrigation systems, Optimal design of pressurized irrigation systems, Water
balance and crop growth modelling, Ground water assessment and management,
Ground water recharge, Sewage and saline water for irrigation, Crop water
production function, Soil water plant atmosphere relation and it's
applications in water management, Conjunctive use of water resources,
Computer aided irrigation management, Water logging and salinity control
through drainage system, Energy utilization and management in irrigation,
Modernization and restructuring of canal irrigation system, Watershed
planning and management, Modeling of rainfall, runoff stream flow and
sediment transport of watersheds. Time series modeling of watersheds,
Generation and modeling of hydrographs in watersheds, Ground water quality
assessment and management, Rain water harvesting and storage structures,
Water quality modelling, Non-point source pollution control and modelling,
Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in the Identification of water bodies,
Degraded lands and waterlogged areas. |
