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Pipe drainage in the Eastern Padano-Veneta plain in north-east Italy
Authors:Maurizio Borin  Luigi Giardini  Paolo Ceccon  Paolo Mannini  Giorgio Guidoboni
Affiliation:(1) Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali, Universitá di Padova, Strada Puiovese 16, 35020 Legnaro (Pd), Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Scienze Agronomiche e genetica Vegetale, Universitá di Napoli, via Universitá 100, 80055 Napoli, Italy;(3) Consorzio per il Canale Emiliano-Romagnolo, via Masi 8, 40137 Bologna, Italy
Abstract:A survey has been carried out in three Regions of north-eastItaly, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, withfour objectives: (a) to update the statistics on the use of pipedrainage; (b) to describe the farms that adopt this technique asa replacement of the traditional surface drainage methods;(c) to characterise the features of the drained soils and of thedrainage systems, and (d) to assess their performance. Withalmost 70.000 ha drained, the Regions present almost all of thepipe drained area in Italy. Pipe drainage first saw applicationsin the last seventies and became increasingly popular during theeighties. Most pipe drainage systems are installed in heavysoils, where the underground waterlogging is due to seasonalperched water table or to infiltrations from rivers or sea. Due tothe pedoclimatic variability of the area, slightly differentsolutions in terms of design variables and installation criteriaare found, but the following features are quite common: drainspacing 11–13 m slope 0.1–0.3%, depth 0.9–1 m. The pipe drains discharge in open collectors (single systems). Anincreasing interest for the use of the drainage systems forsubirrigation purposes has been observed, particularly inVeneto, requiring some adjustment in the drainage design. Theperformance of drainage in terms of control of water tabledepth and maintenance requirements are considered satisfactoryin almost all the cases. The most effective solutions forsuccessfully managing the subirrigation are also described.The introduction of pipe drains allows to enlarge fields (to morethan 10 has) and to save time for carrying out the operations forcrop cultivation. The crop yield in pipe drained fields is slightly higherto that obtained in the traditionally drained fields, withthe exception of winter wheat.
Keywords:Italy  pipe drainage  subirrigation
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