Krishna P. Paudel graduated in civil engineering with honours from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India in 1989. In January 2004, he joined the Core Land and Water Development of UNESCO-IHE, the Netherlands as a PhD research fellow. His thesis entitled: Role of Sediment in the design and management of irrigation canals: Sunsari Morang Irrigation Scheme, Nepal has made an assessment of existing canal design methods from sediment transport perspective. He has extensive experience in planning, design and management of irrigation and flood control works. Currently, Mr. Paudel is associated with CMS Nepal (Development Consultants) as Senior Water Resources Engineer and has been involved in the design as well as construction of different irrigation and water resource development projects. His field of interest are hydraulics, sediment transport and mathematical modelling.

• Summary 1 Introduction 2 Irrigation in Nepal 3 Design of canals for sediment transport 4 Assessment of parameters for canal design 5 Towards a new design approach 6 Model development 7 Data collection and scheme analysis 8 Application of improved design approach 9 Evaluation

Krishna P. Paudel graduated in civil engineering with honours from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India in 1989. In January 2004, he joined the Core Land and Water Development of UNESCO-IHE, the Netherlands as a PhD research fellow. His thesis entitled: Role of Sediment in the design and management of irrigation canals: Sunsari Morang Irrigation Scheme, Nepal has made an assessment of existing canal design methods from sediment transport perspective. He has extensive experience in planning, design and management of irrigation and flood control works. Currently, Mr. Paudel is associated with CMS Nepal (Development Consultants) as Senior Water Resources Engineer and has been involved in the design as well as construction of different irrigation and water resource development projects. His field of interest are hydraulics, sediment transport and mathematical modelling.

• Summary 1 Introduction 2 Irrigation in Nepal 3 Design of canals for sediment transport 4 Assessment of parameters for canal design 5 Towards a new design approach 6 Model development 7 Data collection and scheme analysis 8 Application of improved design approach 9 Evaluation

Krishna P. Paudel graduated in civil engineering with honours from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India in 1989. In January 2004, he joined the Core Land and Water Development of UNESCO-IHE, the Netherlands as a PhD research fellow. His thesis entitled: Role of Sediment in the design and management of irrigation canals: Sunsari Morang Irrigation Scheme, Nepal has made an assessment of existing canal design methods from sediment transport perspective. He has extensive experience in planning, design and management of irrigation and flood control works. Currently, Mr. Paudel is associated with CMS Nepal (Development Consultants) as Senior Water Resources Engineer and has been involved in the design as well as construction of different irrigation and water resource development projects. His field of interest are hydraulics, sediment transport and mathematical modelling.

• Summary 1 Introduction 2 Irrigation in Nepal 3 Design of canals for sediment transport 4 Assessment of parameters for canal design 5 Towards a new design approach 6 Model development 7 Data collection and scheme analysis 8 Application of improved design approach 9 Evaluation