A CSM-Based Procedure for Identifying Segments of Agricultural Drainage Ditches to Be Prioritized in Maintenance Work
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Highlights Maintenance of agricultural ditches is important to secure food production. To reduce costs, ditch segments in most need of maintenance should be prioritized. CSM measurements can help prioritize maintenance of agricultural ditch segments. Abstract. Productive agricultural land is vital for food production. To help secure the productivity of drained agricultural soils, diches need to be intermittently maintained. Maintenance work is costly, however, so ditch segments in most need of maintenance should be prioritized. Here, we present a procedure for identifying drainage ditch segments likely to need maintenance based on susceptibility to soil erosion by water flowing in the ditch, evaluated using a cohesive strength meter (CSM). An important part of the procedure is to relate the pressure of the CSM jets to pressures acting on the soil. The relationship between CSM jet pressure and pressures at the soil surface was established based on measurements made with a pressure sensor plate and was applied to obtain several values for pressure at the surface, which were used in turn to estimate critical shear stress for erosion. The results showed that the CSM-based method was able to identify differences in critical shear stress for erosion for different field soils. This information can be useful in identifying drainage ditch segments that should be prioritized for maintenance work. Keywords: Drainage data acquisition, Drainage maintenance, Drainage performance evaluation, Soil erosion.
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Many ditches are subject to gradual sediment and organic matter accumulation from alluvium, fine sediments, in-situ degradation of plants, and bank erosion, necessitating occasional dredging to maintain original hydraulic function.
“Regardless of channel substrate, many ditches are subject to gradual sediment and organic matter accumulation both in the form of alluvium from upstream reaches, fine sediments brought in by the tide in coastal areas, insitu degradation of plants, and via bank erosion 108,109 , necessitating occasional dredging to maintain original hydraulic function 110,111 .”
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- Authors
- Aviles Ribera, D. B., Wesstrom, I., & Joel, A.
- Affiliations
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- ORCID
- Joel, Abraham
- Venue
- Journal of the ASABE
- Published
- 2023
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 879-885
- ISSN
- 2769-3287 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4384347269
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2
- FWCI
- 0.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Journal of the ASABE (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Epsilon Open Archive (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet biblioteket (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Engineering and Agricultural Innovations
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Keywords
- agricultural drainage ditches, soil erosion susceptibility, critical shear stress, maintenance cost reduction
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