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An outlet irrigates an area of 40 ha. The discharge required at this outlet to meet the evapotranspiration requirement of 40 mm occurring uniformly in 40 days neglecting other field losses is _________

(a) 4.52 litres / sec

(b) 2.31 litres / sec

(c) 4.01 litres / sec

(d) 1.52 litres / sec

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Right option is (a) 4.52 litres / sec

To elaborate: Volume of water required for evapo-transpiration = 40 x 10^4 x 40 x 10^-3 x 10^3 = 16 x 10^6 litres

Hence, the discharge required at outlet

= (16 x 10^6) / (40 x 86400)

= 4.52 litres / sec.

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