Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. XIII
Written by Marin-Vasile ILCA, Teodor Eugen MAN, Robert BEILICCI, Anisoara IENCIU, Daniela Cristina UNTARU, Mariana Antonia PASC
The paper deals with the need to modernize the existing secondary drainage infrastructure, in an effort to implement new water management strategies, in line with current needs, including a case study that proposes a solution in this sense, by designing a drainage-irrigation system based on the optimization and systematization of the agricultural surface taken into account, the efficiency of the water circuit and last but not least, the achievement of reduced water consumption. Drainage and irrigation systems represent an important element in the complex equation of agriculture, their management being able to make the difference between performance and failure, hence the importance of consolidating the optimal strategy regarding the design, modernization and ensuring their functionality. In geographical areas with excess humidity, it was necessary to build drainage systems to remove excess water from the land to make it arable, through land improvement works as support for agriculture, similar works executed in Romania between 1950-1989 which, especially due to its age, requires restoration/modernization. Considering the modernization of agricultural technologies, the introduction on a larger scale of a new mindset on more environmentally friendly agricultural systems, global climate changes, etc., the rehabilitation and modernization of the secondary infrastructure within the old drainage facilities is currently necessary and timely - drainage, where the technical conditions allow their transformation into complex drainage and irrigation facilities. The paper presents a case study in this sense, from which derives the need to make some legislative changes that will have to be made to facilitate the promotion of such complex facilities desiccation - drainage and irrigation.
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