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Articles | Volume 382
Articles | Volume 382
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-741-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-382-741-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 382
Pre-conference publication
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22 Apr 2020
Pre-conference publication |  | 22 Apr 2020

Pressurized drainage can effectively reduce subsidence of peatlands – lessons from polder Spengen, the Netherlands

Jantine Hoekstra, Annette van Schie, and Henk A. van Hardeveld

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Reducing soil subsidence caused by peat oxidation is a major challenge in the Dutch peatlands. To maintain suitable conditions for dairy farming water levels are periodically lowered to keep pace with soil subsidence. Consequently, soil subsidence continues, causing increasing water management costs. We experimented with pressurized drainage in Polder Spengen, a peatland polder in the west of the Netherlands that is primarily used for dairy farming.
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