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Principles, Design and Practices of Drainage

This document discusses drainage principles and practices for design. It defines drainage as the removal of surface and subsurface water from an area with excess water. Drainage can be natural or artificial. The two main goals of drainage are to prevent seepage and improve soil properties. There are two general types of drainage: subsurface drainage, which removes excess water from the soil surface using methods like pipes, mole drainage, and pumps; and surface drainage, which removes water from the soil profile using open drains, humps and hollows, levees, and grassed waterways. The key to good drainage is moving water the shortest distance possible to remove it from the field.

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Principles, Design and Practices of Drainage

This document discusses drainage principles and practices for design. It defines drainage as the removal of surface and subsurface water from an area with excess water. Drainage can be natural or artificial. The two main goals of drainage are to prevent seepage and improve soil properties. There are two general types of drainage: subsurface drainage, which removes excess water from the soil surface using methods like pipes, mole drainage, and pumps; and surface drainage, which removes water from the soil profile using open drains, humps and hollows, levees, and grassed waterways. The key to good drainage is moving water the shortest distance possible to remove it from the field.

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DRAINAGE

PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES, DESIGN
What is drainage ?

• is the removal of a
surface’s water and sub-
surface water from an
area with excess of
water.
Drainage can be either natural or
artificial. May areas have some natural
drainage; this means the excess water
flows from the farmer’s field to swamps
or to lakes and rivers.
Drainage systems - means the different methods to be used for dewatering the
foundation and to keep the foundation safe.

- The drainage system depends on drainage characteristic of soil the length


of time of system must operate, and operation on the ground water.

Two main goals of drainage are :

Prevention of seepage
• Improvement of soil properties.
Two general types of drainage;

• Subsurface
Drainage- is the
removal of excess
water from the soil
surface.
4 main types of subsurface drainage
Corrugated and PVC
slotted subsurface
pipes
Mole Drainage
• Interceptor
Drainage
• Ground Water
Pumps
• Surface Drainage – is the removal of
water from the soil profile.
4 types of Surface Drainage

Open Drains
• Humps and
Hollows
• Levees
• Grassed
Waterways
The key to a good
drainage is moving
water the shortest
distance possible in
order to get it off the
field. ( Wright, 2011)
That’s All! Thank you

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