Overview
What you will learn
On successful completion of this Land Engineering and Water Management course offered by Cranfield University you will be able to:
- Estimate crop water requirements and soil water deficits in different environments,
- Calculate leaching requirements for saline and sodic soil conditions,
- Calculate run off and yield for catchment,
- Design channels/ waterways and simple hydraulic structures,
- Explain the concept of land capability and carry out land capability classification,
- Calculate the stability of slopes and design of simple support,
- Design, specify, handling soil and set out earthworks for landforming, landscaping and water storage,
- Design appropriate water table control systems for drainage and sub irrigation,
- Specify appropriate machinery and mechanisation for drainage installation and maintenance.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Managing plant and soil water status through estimates of crop water requirements
- Crop responses to salinity and sodicity
- Hydrology
- Hydraulics calculation of channel discharge capacity using Manning’s Equation
- Slope stability
- Landscape design
- Concept of land capability and land quality
- Drainage
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Environmental Engineering Hydrology & Water Management View 48 other Short Courses in Hydrology & Water Management in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Land managers and engineers
Tuition Fee
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International
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1400 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
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