11th International Drainage Symposium, August 30 – September 2, 2022


  1. Effect of vegetative filter strip on sediment deposition in drainage ditches in littoral zone of Lake Sainte-Pierre in Quebec, Canada
    Authors:   Birkhoff Li, Zhiming Qi, Monique Poulin, Shiv Prasher
    Keywords:   Agricultural drainage ditch, Sedimentation, Vegetative filter strip, Coastal area, Lake Saint-Pierre, LiDAR, UAV
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200006
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  2. Long-Term Benefits of Controlled Drainage
    Authors:   Chandra A. Madramootoo, Kosoluchukwu Ekwunife, Mfon Essien
    Keywords:   Control drainage, crop yield, environment, greenhouse gases, maize production, subsurface drainage, water quality.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200016
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  3. Management of Drainage Water in the Holland Marsh of Ontario for Environmental and Agronomic Benefits
    Authors:   Chandra Madramootoo
    Keywords:   Drainage water, environment, organic soils, peatlands, phosphorus, water table management, water quality, wetlands
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200017
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  4. Seepage-corrected N loss reduction assessment for the practice of controlled drainage in Illinois
    Authors:   Janith Chandrasoma, Reid D. Christianson, Paul C. Davidson, Richard A.C. Cooke, Laura E. Christianson
    Keywords:   Drainage water management, seepage, tile drainage.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200019
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  5. Digging in to denitrifying bioreactor in situ bulk density
    Authors:   Laura E. Christianson, Reid D. Christianson, Carolina Díaz-García, Gabriel M. Johnson, Bryan Maxwell, Richard A.C. Cooke, Lowell Gentry
    Keywords:   excavation, LiDAR, survey, volume, woodchip.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200020
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  6. Assessment of Macropore Component of RZWQM2 in Simulating Hourly Subsurface Drainage and Peaks
    Authors:   Changchi Xian, Zhiming Qi, Liwang Ma, Matthew Sima, Matthew Helmers, Tiequan Zhang, Robert Malone, Quanxiao Fang
    Keywords:   Macropores, RZWQM2, Subsurface drainage modeling, Preferential flow simulation
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200021
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  7. Investigation of the contribution of snowmelt to subsurface drainage from croplands in eastern Canada
    Authors:   Ziwei Li, Zhiming Qi, Chandra Madramootoo, Tiequan Zhang
    Keywords:   Snowmelt, tile drainage, RZ-SHAW.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200025
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  8. Prioritizing maintenance work in agricultural drainage ditches: A procedure
    Authors:   Daniel B. Aviles R., Ingrid Wesström, Abraham Joel
    Keywords:   Drainage Data Acquisition, Drainage Performance Evaluation, Soil Erosion, Drainage Maintenance.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200033
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  9. Accuracy of WaSim and DRAINMOD Models for Subsurface Drainage Design and Analysis in a Data-Scarce Environment
    Authors:   Mphatso Malota, Cuthbert Taguta, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai, Aidan Senzanje, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
    Keywords:   Deep percolation, Irrigation, Scenarios, Sustainability, Water management.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200037
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  10. Performance of EnDrain model in modeling agricultural subsurface drainage systems in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Authors:   Cuthbert Taguta, Mphatso Malota, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai, Aidan Senzanje, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
    Keywords:   waterlogging, salinization, drain discharge, clay soil, water-table, modelling, EnDrain
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200038
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  11. Effects of drainage system renewal on nutrient leaching and crop yield
    Authors:   Ingrid Wesström, Abraham Joel
    Keywords:   drain envelopes, drain spacing, nitrogen loads, phosphorus loads, subsurface drainage, yield
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200039
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  12. Reduction of nitrate leaching and threats to surface water under conservation tillage in an edge of field monitoring at the micro-catchment scale
    Authors:   Zouheir Massri, Jeremiah Asher, Jason R Piwarski
    Keywords:   Conventional tillage (CT), nitrate leaching, no-till (NT), soil health parameters, sub-surface drainage, water quality.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200070
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  13. The effect of drainage water recycling on corn and soybean yields and water conservation for a drained field in Eastern North Carolina
    Authors:   Hossam Moursi, Mohamed A. Youssef, Chad A. Poole
    Keywords:   Corn and soybean yield, Drainage water reuse, Irrigation reservoir, On-farm water storage, Subsurface drainage, Supplemental irrigation.
    DOI:   10.13031/ids.202200102
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