本书是关于介绍“农业水土工程英语”的教学用书。本书前半部分基本以水利专业各个学科及研究方向为主，属于基本知识部分；后半部分侧重于农业水土工程领域的最新研究动态及相关研究成果，主要内容包括：水文、水资源、水利工程施工与规划、水利工程经济、水工建筑物、水力发电、水土保持、水力机械、水环境、建筑材料与灌溉排水工程。

本书适合英语专业本科学生以及从事相关工作的专业人士学习、参考使用。

本书前半部分以水利专业各个学科及研究方向为主，后半部分侧重于农业水土工程领域的最新动态及相关研究成果。主要内容包括水文、水资源、水利工程施工与规划、水利工程经济、水工建筑物、水力发电、水土保持、水利机械、水环境、建筑材料与灌溉排水工程。本书可用作水利以及相关专业大学生的英语教材，也可作为相关科技工作者和管理人员学习参考。

Unit 1

  Part A Water resources of the world

  Part B What causes flooding

Unit 2

  Part A Reservoirs and dams

  Part B Dams and development-an insight to the report of the world commission on dams

Unit 3

  Part A Hydroelectric power

  Part B Pumps and Pumping

Unit 4

  Part A Underground water

  Part B The runoff cycle

Unit 5

  Part A Water pollution and pollutants

  Part B U.S. Wastewater treatment--past and present

Unit 6

  Part A Modem buildings and structural materials

  Part B Bridges

Unit 7

  Part A Soil erosion and soil conservation

  Part B Soil Conservation Issues on the United States

Unit 8

  Part A Engineering economy in waterresources planning(I)

  Part B Engineering economy in waterresources planning(Ⅱ)

Unit 9

  Part A Hydrology

  Part B Current problems of stochastic hydrology

Unit 10

  Part A Summary of EIA

  Part B Inadequacies in current methods for environmental assessment

Unit 11

  Part A Irrigation methods

  Part B RDI--the new technique of water saving irrigation management in China

Unit 12

  Part A Evaporation

  Part B Evaporation model of lake Qaroun as influenced by lake salinity

Unit 13

  Part A 21st Century's water saving in agriculture of Beijing

  Part B The research and application of plastic pipe in infiltration irrigation

Unit 14

  Part A Methods of applications of drip irrigation system

  Part B Drip irrigation technology and state western area development strategy

Unit 15

  Part A Water use efficiency of grain crops on irrigated fields in China

  Part B Cumulative function of water sensitivity index for rice and its variation with hydrological years.

Unit 16

  Part A Some topics on developing water-saving irrigation

  Part B Optimal use of irrigation water in the Jordan valley: a case study

Unit 17

  Part A Irrigation canals

  Part B The SLGCAD software system on a new type of linked tetra-shaft & double-cantilever flat flap gate

Unit 18

  Part A A preliminary investigation on irrigation schedule under sprinkler irrigation

  Part B Study on expert system of irrigation forecast and decision making for water saving

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