Soil & Water Conservation

Protect the soil, harvest the rain. Erosion processes and USLE, runoff estimation, terraces, check dams, farm ponds and watershed management.

• Soil & Water Conservation Engineering — Protecting soil and harvesting rain. Learn erosion by water and wind, the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and its factors, runoff estimation (rational method, SCS curve number), conservation measures (contour farming, strip cropping, mulching, bunds, terraces), gully control and check dams, grassed waterways, farm ponds and rainwater harvesting, watershed management and groundwater recharge, and drainage of waterlogged lands — with Python for USLE soil loss, SCS runoff and farm pond sizing.