in order to investigate the effects of super absorbent material on water saving and increasing rain water productivity under micro catchments water harvesting systems, a field experiment was conducted in east azarbaijan. the treatments included two mcwh patterns (small basins and semi-circular bunds), three catchments sizes, three runoff area treatments (natural, cleared and smoothed, wetting a...

Infiltration is one of the most important hydraulic parameters affecting surface irrigation and one ofthe most difficult parameters in practical field determinations. The infiltration equations are used todescribe water flow hydraulics and surface irrigation systems design. But determination of theparameters in these equations are costly and time consuming. Therefore, some estimating methods ar...

Prior research by Pitt (1987) examined runoff losses from paved and roofed surfaces in urban areas and showed significant losses at these surfaces during the small and moderate sized events of most interest for water quality evaluations. However, Pitt and Durrans (1995) also examined runoff and pavement seepage on highway pavements and found that very little surface runoff entered typical highw...