Instructor:
Credits:
4
Term:
Winter
Class Location:
Corvallis Campus
Course Description
Principles of soil physics and plant water use applied to irrigation system design. Design of gravity, pressurized, and trickle irrigation systems, improving on-farm water management, performance characteristics of pumps and other irrigation equipment. Lec/lab. Offered alternate years. PREREQ: BEE 312 or CE 313.
Course Objectives
Students who successfully complete this course have:
- Understood economics of irrigation management
- Learned hydrology of soil-plant system
- Learned characteristics of various irrigation systems
- Learned hydraulic properties of pumps and pipes
Syllabus:
