What Is Canal Lining
What Is Canal Lining
Seepage reduction:
If canal banks are highly permeable, the seepage of water will cause very
wet or waterlogged conditions, or even standing water on adjacent fields
or roads. Lining of such a canal can solve this problem, since the
permeability of a lined canal bank is far less than that of an unlined bank,
or may even be zero, depending on the lining material.
Reduced maintenance:
A surface lining, such as concrete, brick or plastic, on the canal prevents
the growth of plants and discourages hole-making by rats or termites, and
so the maintenance of a lined canal can be easier and quicker than that of
an unlined canal. Moreover, the higher velocity that can safely be allowed
in the lined canal prevents the small particles of soil carried in the water
from settling out, accumulating and causing siltation.
Above mentioned are the major uses of canal lining and some other uses
are:
Shotcrete lining
Brick lining:
The canal is said to be lined with bricks when the sides and bed are
protected with brick surfacing laid in cement mortar.
Plastic lining:
As a modern technique use of plastics in canal lining holds good
promise. There are three types of plastic membranes which are used in
Polyvinyl chloride
The plastic as a material for canal lining offers certain characteristic
advantages like negligible weight, easy for handling, spreading and
transport, immune to chemical action and speedy construction. The
plastic film is spread on the prepared subgrade of the canal. To anchor the
membrane on the banks V trenches are provided. The film is then
covered with protective soil cover.
Boulder lining:
This type of lining is constructed with dressed stone blocks laid in mortar.
Properly dressed stones are not available in nature. Irregular stone blocks
are dressed and chipped off as per requirement. It makes the type costly.
When roughly dressed stones are used for lining, the surface is rendered
rough which may put lot of resistance to low. Technically the coefficient of
rugosity will be higher. Thus the stone lining is limited to the situation
where loss of head is not an important consideration and where stones
are available at moderate cost.