HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE OF EARTH WORKS Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC E02B3/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: horizontal drainage consists of receiving, water-collection and drain parts. All structural parts of drainage are made of flexible mats that are made of mesh shells and draining filler, which is made of tight alternating rows of light fascines and perforated pipes rolled into geonet. Water-receiving part of drain is made of mats laid normally towards direction of filtration flow, inner water-collecting part of drain - of mats laid in layers and in direction of filtration flow, and drain part is made of similar mats but arranged in horizontal strips in plan and at a certain distance from each other in direction of filtration flow, and with an incline from water-collecting part to foot of lower slope. Light fascines of mats are made with diametre of 15-20 cm and length of 2-2.2 m from dry mature cane.

EFFECT: reduced labour intensiveness of drainage manufacturing and improved efficiency of its operation.

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