DUTY OF WELL WATER
- Duty of well water is expressed as for tank irrigation.
- Discharge of the well can be easily found out and then area of crop matured by this discharge, can be expressed as so many hectares per cumec.
- Duty of well water is usually more than the duty of water obtained from tanks or irrigation channels. Following are the reasons for this
- .. Well is usually located in the middle of the area it has to irrigate.
- This aspect reduces the length of the channels and thus evaporation
- losses are very much reduced during conveyance of water.
- Moreover channels are very small and are usually lined which furth eliminate the loss of water by seepage.
- The water is given to the field only when it is most required.
- ..Field Kiaries are usually very small in relation to tank or canal irrigation.
- Water spreads on the Kiary in a very short time, allowing minimum loss by drip
- Wells are generally one’s individual property.
- The farmer can run it as and when he desires.
- If there are rains wells are not required to be run.
- On the other hand canals will continue to supply water irrespective of there being rain or not.