Title: A model for the design of drainage in flat agricultural lands
Abstract: A model is presented that can be used to determine drainage measures and their costs. It has been elaborated for a wet tropical climate, for situations with open field drains, shallow groundwater table and a homogenous soil underlain by an impervious layer. The land is flat and the proposed agricultural use requires control of the groundwater table. A basic element of the model is a scheme to compute the water balance per day for a drainage parcel. Discharge, evapotranspiration, groundwater level and soil moisture storage are estimated as functions of rainfall, potential evapotranspiration, vegetation and soil characteristics and of an assumed drainage intensity. The water balance computation is performed for periods of 5–40 years of daily rainfall data, for a series of drainage intensities. The results can be subjected to a drainage criterion, from which a design drainage intensity and a corresponding drain spacing can be derived. Finally the layout of canals for a block of 4 × 1 km2 is determined and excavation and a series of canal characteristics are computed. A summary of some applications is included.
Publication Year: 1982
Publication Date: 1982-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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