Keywords: water intake ability, horizontal drainage, reclamation, drainage network, filling of drains

// Мелиорация. – 2018. – №3(85).– P.30—33

The article presents the mode of filling of drain tubes. Data on water intake ability of drains are obtained on filtration model. The operation of drain tubes is studied in peat grounds both with filling and without one. Filling of drain increases water intake ability and allows to exploit humus of soil more rational.