Drainage water management for water quality protection
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L and drainage has been central to the development of North America since colonial times, with the first organized drainage efforts occurring as early as the 1600s (Evans et al. 1996). Drainage has been encouraged to improve public highways, reduce public health risks, promote increased crop yield and reduced yield variability, reduce surface runoff and erosion, and increase land value. Agricultural drainage includes artificial subsurface drainage and surface drainage. Most agricultural producers improve the drainage on their land for better trafficability, to enhance field conditions, to facilitate timely planting and harvesting operations, and to help decrease crop damage from saturated soil and standing water during the growing season. Agricultural drainage improvement also decreases year-to-year variability in crop yield, ensuring consistent production.
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Depending on the flow, ditches can include dry channels that flow intermittently for irrigation or drainage, still or slow-moving waters, to fast-moving and flashy environments.
“Depending on the flow, ditches can include dry channels (Fig. 1C) that flow intermittently for irrigation or drainage, still or slow-moving waters, to fastmoving and flashy environments 108,113 .”
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- Authors
- Strock, J. S., Kleinman, P. J. A., King, K. W., & Delgado, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-11
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0022-4561 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-3300
- OpenAlex
- W2153593153
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 2.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Integrated Water Resources Management
- Keywords
- agricultural drainage, drainage water management, water quality protection, subsurface drainage, surface drainage, soil saturation, crop yield variability, surface runoff, erosion control, land value
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