Table 8 Actual discharge of the canals.

From: Introducing winter rice cropping by using non-saline tidal water influx in western basins of South 24 Parganas, India

Canal name

Mean discharge before loss deduction (m3/s)

Canal seepage loss (m3/s)

Canal evaporation loss (m3/s)

Canal actual discharge (m3/s)

Upper Keorapukur Khal

1.38

0.35

18.088 × 10–3

1.01

Hotor Khal

37.52

1.91

87.893 × 10–3

35.52

Suryapur Inner Channel

86.00

2.27

51.171 × 10–3

83.67

Usti Nainan Outfall Channel

217.03

2.75

60.833 × 10–3

214.21

Kata Khal

55.70

0.87

19.641 × 10–3

54.80

Sangrampur Khal

40.46

1.21

37.069 × 10–3

39.2

Joynagar Khal

41.18

0.46

9.971 × 10–3

40.71

Upper Dhanpota Khal

4.62

0.37

12.083 × 10–3

4.23

Hara Khal

65.46

2.56

41.094 × 10–3

62.85

Kulpi Khal

64.04

1.88

44.300 × 10–3

62.11

Upper Hatuganj Khal

3.47

0.11

5.338 × 10–3

3.35

Nazra Khal

10.35

0.23

6.106 × 10–3

10.11

Srichanda Khal

34.11

1.10

19.498 × 10–3

32.99

Dasani Khal

24.74

1.18

27.486 × 10–3

23.53

Diamond Harbour Creek

546.48

6.36

97.802 × 10–3

540.03

Kholakhali Khal

102.21

1.05

14.463 × 10–3

101.13

Lower Keorapukur Khal

28.22

1.07

34.026 × 10–3

27.11

Lower Hatuganj Khal

6.19

0.38

14.764 × 10–3

5.79

Adi Ganga Canal

24.71

1.39

48.347 × 10–3

23.26

Lower Dhanpota Khal

0.06

0.04

3.419 × 10–3

0.03