| Project 
                    manager  | Aliyev 
                    I.S., Nil of Soil science of Tadjik Agriculture Institute 
                    The Republic of Tadjikistan, Dushanbe, Rudaky av., 21a.  | 
                
                  | Summary  | Studies 
                    are dedicated to development of measures set on preventing 
                    soil salinization on base of increasing land drainability 
                    by constructing vertical drainage, establishment of reclamation 
                    effectiveness of this type drainage in conditions of multi-layer 
                    soils as well as soil water-salt regimes management for 
                    creation and rehabilitation of their fertility. Climate 
                    is subtropical continental. Relief is bowl-like. Soils - 
                    salts, gray desert and their meadow subspecies, salinity 
                    type is chloride-sulfate and sulfate-chloride, with high 
                    gypsum content. Ground water table is 0.5-3.0 m, salinity 
                    degree in south-west part of EPP is very high 100 g/1 and 
                    more, in canal zone - 3-5 g/1 and less, salinity type - 
                    chloride-sulfate-calcium. EPP area is 400 ha. Irrigation 
                    network - in earthen channel, specific length is 20 m/ha. 
                    Release and collector-drainage network - open, specific 
                    length is 22 m/ha, depth is l-2 m. Around central part of 
                    bowl three vertical drainage systems were constructed as 
                    triangle with 1 km interval between them on depth to 51 
                    m. EPP is equipped with account means of water, salts as 
                    well as vertical drainage system, and piezometric network. 
                    In result of studies set of measures was developed on improving 
                    soil water-salt regimes management and reclamation-ecological 
                    process regulation on the background of vertical drainage 
                    system combined with shallow low-effective open horizontal 
                    drainage.  |