SLOTTED UNDERDRAIN SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATION PACKAGE 76-9

Slotted plastic pipe has been used in agriculture as an underdrain for many years. Because of the success of this pipe in providing long term drainage, the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Federal Highway Projects in Region 8 undertook an evaluation project to determine the application of these types of underdrains in the highway industry. Their findings, as presented in Implementation Package 76--9, have shown that a properly designed slotted underdrain system is capable of quickly and efficiently removing free water from soils and pavement structures over a long period without clogging the filter system or causing siltation of the pipe. This report contains test results and findings of six underdrain systems as well as a design example and sample specifications.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 173
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Filters; Pavement layers; Pipe; Silts; Soil water; Subdrains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement structure
• Old TRIS Terms: Slotted pipes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152344
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM