Singhing About It

Solves Drainage Problems For Less Than $150/ha

Client: GR&S Singh

Location: North Queensland, Australia

Notes: 52 hectare half Centre Pivot growing sugar cane on 1.5m furrows. Client wants better drainage to allow more timely machine operations/access and less compaction particularly during harvesting.

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Design Constraints

Surface Type:OptiSurface1D
Main Slope Direction(deg):155.7(Bearing From North)
Calculation Grid Spacing(m):5
Fill To Import to Field(m3):0
Cut To Export from Field(m3):0
Cut/Fill Ratio:1.2
 

Zone

                    Main Slope                    Cross SlopeMaximum
Allowable
Cut(m)
Fixed
Elevation
(m)
   Minimum   Maximum  Smoothing    Minimum   Maximum  Smoothing
       (%)      (%)       (%)       (%)       (%)        (%)
Boundary0.1-------

Design Results

Field Area:52.13ha
Volume of Cut:4447m3+Import:0m3
Volume of Fill:3821m3+Export:0m3
Earthmoving Cut/ha:85.3m3/ha
Existing Topography Map
Proposed Topography (3D - 50x Vertical Exageration)
Proposed Topography
Cut Fill Map

Conclusions

The Cut/Fill map shows that although 80% of the field drains naturally, there are areas where significant ponding can occur. The aerial photographs (see this field in Google Maps) shows these areas are generally around a meandering natural drainage line. With minimal earthworks OptiSurface landforming corrected this problems and promoted the signficant benefits that come with optimal surface drainage.

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