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Canal Regulation

This document discusses canal regulation and canal regulators. Canal regulation involves dividing water from rivers into branches and distributing it according to demand. Regulators are structures used to control and regulate discharges, depths, and velocities in canals to ensure efficient water distribution. There are different types of canal regulators, including head regulators and cross regulators. Head regulators control water flow into off-taking channels, while cross regulators control water levels in main channels to supply off-taking channels during low flow periods.

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Canal Regulation

This document discusses canal regulation and canal regulators. Canal regulation involves dividing water from rivers into branches and distributing it according to demand. Regulators are structures used to control and regulate discharges, depths, and velocities in canals to ensure efficient water distribution. There are different types of canal regulators, including head regulators and cross regulators. Head regulators control water flow into off-taking channels, while cross regulators control water levels in main channels to supply off-taking channels during low flow periods.

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Canal

Regulation
Canal
Regulation
➢ The water which enters into the main
canal from the river has to be divided
into different Branches and
Distributaries, in accordance with the
relative urgency of demand on different
channels.

➢ This process of distribution is called


'Regulation'. To distribute water
effectively, the discharge has to be
adjusted to any desired value.

➢ This aim is achieved by means of


regulators
Canal Regulation Works

The works which are constructed in order to control and regulate discharges, depths,
velocities etc. in canals, are known as canal regulation works. These structures ensure the
efficient functioning of a canal irrigation system, by giving full control upon the canals.
The important of these structures are :

• Canal Falls.

• Canal Regulators (Head Regulator and Cross Regulator).

• Canal Escapes.

• Metering Flumes, etc.

• Canal Outlets and Modules.


CANAL
REGULATORS
CANAL REGULATORS
Head Regulator and Cross
Regulator
• A distributary head regulator controls the supply of the off-taking channel

• a cross-regulator controls the supply of the parent channel.

• A head regulator provided at the head of the off-taking channel, controls


the flow of water entering this new channel.

• while a cross-regulator may be required in the main parent channel down-


stream of the off-taking channel, and is operated when necessary so as to head
up water on its upstream side,

• thus to ensure the required supply in the off-taking channel even during
the periods of low flow in the main channel.
Head Regulator

The main functions of a head regulator are


• To regulate or control the supplies entering the off-take channel.

• To control silt entry into the off-take channel.

• To serve as a meter for measuring discharge


cross-regulator

The main functions of a cross-regulator are :


➢ To effectively control the entire –Canal irrigation System
➢ When. the water level in the main channel is low, it helps
in heading up water on the u/s and to feed the off-take
channels to their full demand
➢ They help in absorbing fluctuations in. various sections- of
the canal system
➢ Cross regulator is often combined with a road bridge, so as
to carry the road which may cross the irrigation channel
near the site of the cross regulator

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