Drainage for Sportsturf and Horticulture

 

This comprehensive book looks at the very important topic of drainage and the role it plays in the overall performance of sportsfields. The book looks at soil structure, water intake and retention, compaction and particle movement, capillary and lateral movement of water in soils, the capillary fringe, perched water tables, calculating drain spacings for various soils and designing and installing sub-soil drainage systems.

AGCSA member price: $57 (non-member price: $65)

By Keith McIntyre and Bent Jakobsen
Horticultural Engineering Consultancy, 1998