UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 304 
Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 
LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 
Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 19, 1915 
[Revision of Office of Experiment Stations Bulletin 243] 
LAND DRAINAGE BY MEANS OF 
PUMPS 
By 
S. M. WOODWARD, Drainage Engineer 
Revised with special reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley by C. W. OKEY, 
Senior Drainage Engineer 
CONTENTS 
Introduction 
Effectiveness of Drainage Reclamation . 
Drainage Pumping in Northern Europe . 
Past Experience in the United States . . 
Drainage by Pumping in the Mississippi 
Valley 
Size of Pumping Districts 
Levees 
Interior Drainage Ditches 
Page 
Drainage by Pumping in the Mississippi 
Valley— Continued. 
Gravity Sluiceways 19 
Design of Pumping Plant 20 
Amount and Cost of Pumping .... 49 
Operation and Maintenance .... 53 
Present Status of Drainage by Pumping 55 
Summary 56 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1915 
