A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Basics of Water Treatment Plants Water treatment plants are crucial in providing communities with access to clean and safe drinking water. These facilities employ various processes to eliminate impurities and contaminants, ensuring the suitability of water for consumption. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the fundamental aspects of … Read more
Many factors operate singly or in combination to influence the amounts of water consumed by plants. Their effects are not necessarily constant, but the factors may differ with locality and water consumption may fluctuate from year to year. Some effects involve the human factor; others are related to the natural influences of the environment and … Read more
Consumptive Use of Water Consumptive use of water by a crop is the depth of water consumed by the plant in the process of transpiration and evaporation, during crop growth. Transpiration is the process of water entering the plant roots and used to build plant tissue. Evaporation is the process of water evaporating from the … Read more
Gravity Dams – Advantages & Disadvantages The rigid dam which is constructed either with stone or brick masonry or mass concrete, is called a solid gravity dam. As solid gravity dams resist the overturning moments due to all external forces (such as water pressure, slit pressure etc) by its own weight only, these are known … Read more
FUNCTIONS AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF COMPONENTS OF EARTH DAM The main components of the earth dam are described below: Cut off Core Casing Internal drainage system and foundations Slope protection Surface drainage Impervious blanket 1. Cut off The cut off is required, To reduce loss of stored water through foundations and abutments To prevent sub-surface … Read more
BASIC COMPONENTS OF AN EARTH DAM An earth dam consists of three basic components, i.e. Foundation Core or (membrane) Shell Transition Filter Internal Drain Toe Drain 1. Foundation It consists of either earth or rock and provides a support for the embankment and resists both vertical and horizontal loads. It also resists under seepage on … Read more
Advantages & Disadvantages of Earth Dams The dams which are built of rock, gravel, sand, silt or clay in various combinations by placing, rolling or tamping these materials, are called Earth Dams or Non-rigid Dams. Advantages of Earth Dams In spite of the structural incompressibity of earth and water, many earth dams have been constructed … Read more