Much of the land drainage quoted above for Cantal may be associated with remembrement.
John Johnston, who introduced land drainage to the United States.
These criticisms have often been the crux of the public case against land drainage.
He was one of the first engineers to apply mathematical principles to the problems of land drainage.
The problem has been compounded by other factors, including increased water abstraction and land drainage.
In addition, land drainage can help with soil salinity control.
However, the lowering of the originally too shallow depth by land drainage entails side effects.
Their responsibilities included water conservation, land drainage, fisheries, control of river pollution and, in some cases, navigation.
The act defines who is responsible for various aspects of land drainage and the different areas in which the law applies.
An important non-milling use is to pump water, either for land drainage or to extract groundwater.