CONTENT: Section 1 Irrigation practice 1 Introduction 3 2 Methods of irrigation 15 3 Water requirments of crops 41 Section 2 Water resources engineering 4 Hydrology 99 5 Ground water : well irrigation 239 6 Reservoir planning 306 7 DAMS-I : General 346 8 DAMS-II : Gravity dams 359 9 DAMS-III : Arch and buttress DAMS 434 10 DAMA-IV : Earth and rockfili DAMS 445 11 DAMS-V : Spillways 511 12 Diversion headworks 566 Section 3 Distribution system 13 Flow Irrigation 643 14 Irrigation channels - i : Silt theories 653 15 Irrigation channels - ii : Design procedure 710 16 Waterlogging and canal lining 746 17 Canal outlets 781 18 Canal regulation works 799 19 Cross drainage works 843 Section 4 Miscellaneous topics 871 20 River engineering 871 21 Water power engineering 891 22 Water resources planning 908 23 Important DAMS of India 918 Appendix - i Index