International Course on Drainage criteria (Drainage Systems in
Balance)
If an intervention in the agricultural water management is required,
which involves either a new (artificial) drainage system or the
modification of an existing drainage system, the objectives and
specifications of the system (drainage criteria) need to be established.
 For this purpose the participants learn to assess the agricultural
practices (cropping pattern, irrigation) and the physical setting
(climate, topography, soils, land use, surface water, groundwater,
etc.) of the area, being part of the problem analysis. Major attention
will be paid to water and salt balances, which are both critical
for drainage assessments.
In the 3-weeks course module “Drainage Criteria” the participants
will learn to establish drainage criteria, considering the physical
setting, costs, benefits, risks, water discharge, management of
nutrients and contaminants, environmental factors / nature conservation,
engineering aspects, water policies and legislation, etc.
Aims
After the module the participant will be able to:
- Explain physical and agro-hydrological principles underlying
drainage of agricultural land
- Understand the relevant aspects of drainage for agriculture
under conditions of waterlogging and salinity
- Make sound estimates of parameters and calculate variables related
to rainfall runoff and surface drainage
- Implement statistical approach for processing and analysing
data from natural and research observations
- Set-up a survey and data analysis to solve simple waterlogging
problems
- Formulate drainage design criteria
- Relate the home-country drainage situation to the history of
drainage world-wide and in The Netherlands.
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NFP Fellowship
Please contact your Netherlands Embassy or the Nuffic website (http://www.nuffic.nl/nederlandse-organisaties/services/capacity-building/nfp) for further information on the procedure.
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