Agricultural Tile Drainage Act

Whereas irrigation is the practice of providing additional water to soil when it is naturally too dry drainage reduces the moisture in soil and thereby increases the amount of air in its pores so as to augment conditions for optimal growth of crops.

Agricultural tile drainage act.

This is the english version of a bilingual regulation. On august 30 2012 a federal district court found that the project uses sub surface perforated tile drains under farmland in the central valley to catch percolating irrigation water and channel it to local waterways namely the san luis drain and mud slough. A assessments made under this act upon lands used for agricultural purposes i for drainage works undertaken in accordance with section 4 74 or 78 where a report of an engineer describing the current work has been adopted in accordance with this act and. From july 16 2009 to the e laws currency date.

Agricultural tile drainage installation act. In this act drainage work means a drainage system constructed of tile pipe or tubing of any material beneath the surface of agricultural land including integral inlets and outlets for the purpose of improving the productivity of the land drained. Director means the director appointed for the purposes of this act. The drainage act was first passed in 1859 and there have not been any significant changes to the legislation since 1975 according to omafra s discussion paper.

Omafra administers three pieces of agricultural drainage legislation. The drainage act the tile drainage act and the agricultural tile drainage installation act. Each contractor each of his drainage machines and each of his operators must be licensed. In agriculture tile drainage is a type of drainage system that removes excess water from soil below its surface.

Provides for the licensing of contractors engaged in the business of installation of agricultural drainage systems. The agricultural tile drainage installation act.