Abstract:
Currently horizontal drainage is a key ecological reclamation measure aimed at regulating water and salt regimes of
soils, especially under conditions of irrigated agro-landscapes. Taking this measure becomes especially important
under conditions of global and regional climate change. The operating conditions for horizontal drainage have
changed resulting in changes in its efficiency. It is especially important for durable drainage, when its efficiency
decreases it could even stop functioning. It requires a considerable number of research activities, but very few
Ukrainian farmers can carry out monitoring research on the performance of horizontal drainage, constructed on their
plots. It prevents from finding out negative aspects in horizontal drainage in time and taking appropriate measures.
These difficulties can be avoided in case of using the developed and approbated methodology of recovering a number of
horizontal drainage expenses through expenses of the research plots, determining the performance of horizontal
drainage by these results and developing appropriate ecological reclamation measures to increase productivity of
irrigated drained agro-landscapes.
