Rainwater Management: Theory and Practice

📘 Book Details

• Authors: M.L. Jat, O.P. Gill, B.S. Deora & Vivek Kumar

• Publisher: Scientific Publishers

• Language: English

• Edition: 1st Edition (2017)

• Binding: Hard Bound

• Pages: 1092

• ISBN: 9789386347237

• Dimensions: 5.70 x 8.70 x 2.0 inches

• Weight: 1300 Gms

📖 About the Book (English)

Rainwater Management: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive and detailed work on water management, focusing on water harvesting techniques and the management of storage water for irrigation purposes. The book is designed primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students in agricultural engineering, agricultural and soil water engineering, as well as for research scholars, professionals, and policy planners involved in rainwater management, dryland farming, and irrigation water management.

Key features of the book include:

• Water Harvesting Techniques: The book covers essential topics related to water harvesting, including the design of water harvesting structures and methods for recycling harvested rainwater.

• Practical Approach: It is structured into 22 chapters, filled with solved examples, case studies, and well-drawn diagrams, which make the content easy to understand and applicable to real-world scenarios.

• Dryland and Irrigated Farmers: The book focuses on rainwater management's importance in improving livelihood security for both dryland and irrigated farmers.

This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students, a reference tool for professionals, and an excellent teaching material for educators in the fields of rainwater management and irrigation under dryland ecosystems.