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Land Drainage: Agricultural Benefits and Environmental Impacts

Joe Morris

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Abstract The paper reviews the context and contribution of agricultural land drainage in the UK and discusses the design and performance of land drainage improvement and maintenance schemes. The environmental impacts of land drainage are considered, and how drainage activities can be, and are being, modified to meet environmental criteria.

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Key concepts: Drainage, Agricultural land, Context (archaeology), Agriculture, Environmental science, Land use, Water resource management, Environmental planning