Subsurface Drainage Impact Assessment in Ibshan, Egypt
Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering • 2013
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Alaa Nabil El-Hazek, Neveen Badawy Abdel-mageed
الكلمات المفتاحية
Subsurface drainage - crops yields – salinity - water table - DRAINMOD-S - Nile Delta
المجلة العلمية
Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering
الناشر
David Publishing
المجلد
2
العدد
9
الصفحات
527-531
publication.type
International
رابط البحث
Not Available
المواد المرفقة
Not Available
الملخص
This paper aims to mitigate the impacts of subsurface drainage system in Ibshan, Egypt on the environment. For studying and analyzing these impacts, data are collected concerning before and after the installation of the subsurface drainage system. The environmental impacts are set to be crops yields, salinity, and water table depth. Concerning crops yields, five crops are identified to study the effect of the subsurface drainage system on their productivity. Regarding salinity, the saline areas are investigated pre and post the subsurface drainage system. For the water table depth, the ground water table depths are reviewed before and after the subsurface drainage system. Also, the DRAINMOD-S computer program is employed to determine the effect of the subsurface drainage system on the water table depth. It is concluded that the environmental impacts of the subsurface drainage system in Ibshan area are very good. The yields of five crops increased from 7% to 38%, 16.4% of saline areas are improved, and the ground water table depth is reduced by 10%. Also an equation is obtained to predict the percentage decrease of ground water table depth according to the laterals spacing of the subsurface drainage system.
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