Introduction
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- Introduction
- The BMP Approach: Integrating BMPs Across Your Operation …4
- Benefits and Challenges of Surface and Subsurface Drainage
- Key Benefits …5
- Key Challenges …7
- Principles of Soil Water and Cropland Drainage
- How Water Cycles through Cropland …9
- Soil Water and Groundwater …11
- Soil Properties and Subsurface Drainage …17
- Agricultural Drainage System Components …20
- BMPs for Cropland Surface Drainage
- Surface Drainage Methods…24
- Planning Surface Drainage Projects …25
- BMPs for Surface Drainage …25
- BMPs for Cropland Erosion Control
- Verifying Erosion Control Problems …28
- Erosion Control Structures …29
- Planning for Erosion Control Structures …31
- BMPs for Subsurface Drainage
- Diagnosing Subsurface Drainage Problems …32
- Steps for Planning a Subsurface Drainage System …37
- BMPs for Subsurface Drainage Design …37
- BMPs for Installing Subsurface Drainage …44
- BMPs for Managing Subsurface Drainage Systems …48
- Controlled Drainage and Subirrigation …54
- BMPs that Complement Cropland Drainage
- BMPs for Soil Management …55
- BMPs to Minimize Crop Input Runoff …58
- Legal Aspects of Cropland Drainage
- Glossary