Effect of subsurface drainage on runoff and sediment yield from an agricultural watershed in western Oregon,U.S.A. |
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| Authors: | JD Istok GF Kling |
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| Institution: | Department of Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Rainfall, watershed runoff and suspended-sediment concentrations for three small watersheds (0.46, 1.4 and 6.0 ha in size) were measured continuously for four winter rainfall seasons. The watersheds were fall-planted to winter wheat and were located on the hilly western margins of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Following two rainfall seasons of data collection, a subsurface drainage system (consisting of a patterned arrangement of 10-cm plastic tubing at a depth of 1.0 m and a spacing of 12 m) was installed on the 1.4-ha watershed (watershed 2).Perched water tables were lowered and seepage was reduced on watershed 2 following the installation of the drainage system. The reductions were quantified with a water-table index (cumulative integrated excess). Watershed runoff and sediment yield from watershed 2 were decreased by ～65 and ～55%, respectively. These reductions were estimated from double mass curves and by statistical regression on a set of hydrograph variables. Maximum flow and average flow rates were decreased and the time from the beginning of a storm to the peak flow (lag time) increased.It is concluded that subsurface drainage can be an effective management practice for erosion control in western Oregon. |
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