Water leaks in the canals

 References have been made to water leaks from pipes, with references to some calculation methodologies, a brief description of water leaks from canals will follow, description of 1939.

A) For infiltration. With walls in the ground depending on the more or less permeability, a layer of 0.06:0.01m is lost every 24 pre on the entire surface of the channel.

B) By evaporation. In temperate climates it evaporates on average every 24 hours a layer of 0.003:0.007 m throughout the year, and 0.008:0.020 m during the summer; in large basins evaporation is reduced to about half.

L’ingegnere costruttore meccanico, Ulrico Hoepli, Milano, 1939