Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_0572 NAT • 2 Marks

Section 5: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Agricultural Drainage and Salinity

Subtopic: Agricultural Drainage and Salinity

Question Statement:

A subsurface drainage system has a drainage coefficient $D_c = 12\text{ mm/day}$ ($0.012\text{ m/day}$). For a farm area of $A = 50\text{ ha}$ ($500,000\text{ m}^2$), the design drainage discharge $Q = A \cdot D_c / 86400$ in $\text{m}^3/\text{s}$ is (rounded off to three decimal places):

Answer Key:

0.069

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

Total volume $= 500,000 \times 0.012 = 6000\text{ m}^3/\text{day}$. $Q = 6000 / 86400 = 0.06944\text{ m}^3/\text{s} \approx 0.069\text{ m}^3/\text{s}$.
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