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Land drains are introduced to relieve this pressure. Traditionally, the drains were created by backfilling behind retaining walls etc. with rubble and allowing the water to drain through the rubble to some suitable point.
The Land Drainage Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. c. 44) was an act of Parliament passed by the United Kingdom Government which provided a new set of administrative structures to ensure that drainage of low-lying land could be managed effectively.
Land drainage in the United Kingdom - a legal and operational term in the UK to define a range of functions and responsibilities of drainage boards. Surface runoff, surface runoff of excess rainfall from the land; Drainage system (agriculture), land forming or land shaping to enhance the drainage from the soil surface in agricultural land
A pattern of political and financial motivation, and a lack of understanding of the geography and ecology of the Everglades have plagued the history of drainage projects. The Everglades are a part of a massive watershed that originates near Orlando and drains into Lake Okeechobee, a vast and shallow lake. As the lake exceeds its capacity in the ...
Edinburgh land surveyor John Johnstone (d. 1838) was employed by the Board of Agriculture to study Elkington's methods. [1] Elkington subsequently worked in partnership with Lancelot "Capability" Brown to develop drainage plans for the latter's landscaping schemes, starting with one at Fisherwick Park near Lichfield. [2]
South Holland IDB is an English internal drainage board set up under the terms of the Land Drainage Act 1930. It has responsibility for the land drainage of 148.43 square miles (384.4 km 2) of low-lying land in South Lincolnshire. It is unusual as its catchment area is the same as the area of the drainage district, and so it does not have to ...
The land drainage responsibilities of the boards and districts are limited to works on main rivers. Such works encompass any reasonable activity to maintain an adequate channel in the river to carry a 1 in 100 year river flow event.
The Land Drainage Supplemental Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 14) is a public general act. Section 2, and part I of the schedule, were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 3 of Part XIII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.