Keywords:  peat soil, drainage, agricultural usage, groundwater levels, total peat sediment, peat extraction and its duration, water-physical characteristics of peat deposits

// Мелиорация. – 2018. – №4(86).– P.50—62

This article presents the observation results of the process of drained peat deposit precipitation with the reclamation system "POMS" for the 56 years. The data on the change in water-physical properties, the magnitude and intensity of the total peat sediment at the initial (before drainage) depth of 150–200 cm and the use of peat in the monoculture of grasses and field crop rotation are presented. The forecast of complete peat extraction at different depths and usage is made.