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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Dams, Watersheds, Design
Disciplines
Hydrology | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Other Engineering | Water Resource Management
First Page Number
67
Last Page Number
69
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
The amounts and frequency of runoff from unimproved farmland catchments in Western Australia's cereal and sheep districts are notoriously variable and unreliable. As a result many farmers have constructed improved catchments to ensure better reliability of farm dams for livestock and homestead water supplies.
Improved catchments which are used extensively on these farms are all of the compacted or bare-earth type. These include roaded catchments, flat batter dams and, to a lesser extent, scraped catchments. This article mainly discusses roaded catchments, the most common of the improved catchment types on farms.
Recommended Citation
Laing, I A F
(1985)
"Improved catchments for farm dams,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 26:
No.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol26/iss3/2
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