Tile Drainage Design

Lateral depth and spacing.

Tile drainage design. To design the tile drainage system for the field. Subsurface tile drainage systems can convey soluble nitrate nitrogen n from the crop root zone. A particular pipe size on a given grade will only carry a certain amount of water. From gary sands u of mn.

Minimum cover greater than 2 5 ft. We use a combination of gis software packages to process and filter the data then create base maps to help us determine the best layout options for each field. Varies with soil permeability crop and soil kind of management practices crop extent of surface drainage. Drainage system design once we have collected accurate elevation data we set about designing your drainage layout.

4 diameter is standard sized piping for foundation drainage systems. Shape makes no difference in the flow of water. The prinsco drainage calculator estimates the capacity of tile drainage systems. Typical spacing 30 to 100 ft.

Checks the capacity of drain tile on existing drainage systems. The workshop includes a lesson on online tools that can help contractors prep for an install he says. Implementing nitrogen fertilizer best management practices can reduce the potential loss of nitrate n. The steeper the grade of the installed pipe the more water it will carry.

Brian darren go over what drain tile is and how it helps the environment. Depth spacing balance to minimize cost. Drain tile piping typically ranges in sizes from 2 diameter to 18 diameter. Philip horst precision ag specialist for water management solutions at premier equipment walks us through how they design the correct drainage layout using trimble s wm topo system that creates a.

Tom scherer an associate professor in extension engineering for north dakota state university ndsu leads ndsu s annual ag tile drainage design workshop. Most of it happens in virtual space on design software and lately online. The whole drainage water in 24 hours. Typical drain depth range 3 to 6 ft.

The pipe is usually round cylindrical in shape although there are some square or rectangular shaped drainage systems. The drainage coefficient is the water draining capacity of the drainage system and is typically expressed as a depth of water removed from soil in 24 hours inches day. Adding perennial crops to the rotation may also reduce n losses to surface waters in addition to decreasing water drainage. C subsurface drainage design unable to deliver water up into the plant root zone a plan should be made of every subsurface drainage project.