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Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Drainage

by R. W. Skaggs, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, United States,
M. A. Breve, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, United States,
J. W. Gilliam, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Irrigation and Drainage: Saving a Threatened Resource?In Search of Solutions

Abstract:

Research has shown that improved drainage increases peak runoff rates and pollutant loads compared to natural conditions. However improved drainage on agricultural lands may reduce outflow rates while decreasing losses of some pollutants and increasing the losses of others. A summary of research on hydrologic and water quality effects of agricultural drainage is given in this paper.

Subject Headings: Agricultural wastes | Water quality | Drainage | Water pollution | Runoff | Hydrology | Loading rates

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