CEE 3262 Soil AND WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION  

INDICATIVE CONTENT

PART A: Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

         Definition of terms, types of erosion, erosion forms and processes, factors affecting erosion, erosion and sediment transport

      UNIT II EROSION CONTROL STRATEGIES 

      AND THE CONCEPT

Soil loss tolerance, Erosion variation according to place and time, Soil degradation, Factors in the water balance; History of erosion control strategies; Social and economic aspects of erosion

          UNIT III SHEET EROSION

Initial phase of water erosion, Wischmeier and Smith's Empirical Soil Loss Model (USLE), Soil erodibility, The topographical factor, Effects of plant cover, Influence of cropping techniques, Erosion control strategies, Sheet Erosion control practices, The P factor in Wischmeier's equation, Erosion control structures, Variability of erosion factors, Applicability of the USLE

          UNIT IV EROSION CONTROL METHODS

         Soil conservation practicals, Dry mechanical erosion, linear and gully erosion, Mass movement, Wind erosion; Restoration of degraded land.

PART B: Water Conservation

1. Large Scale Water Harvesting Structures (Engineering of Dams)
2. Small Scale Rainwater Harvesting Systems

2.1   Domestic Rainwater Collection from roof tops

2.2  Small Scale Rainwater Collection from a Prepared Catchment

3. Groundwater Recharge
4. Water Treatment and Wastewater reclamation
5. Water Pricing

PART C: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

• Storm water Management
• Flood Control
• IWRM