{"id":7740,"date":"2021-06-14T17:40:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atalaya-golf.com\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2021-06-14T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:40:12","slug":"more-about-the-new-drainage-on-old-course-hole-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atalaya-golf.com\/more-about-the-new-drainage-on-old-course-hole-one\/","title":{"rendered":"More About The New Drainage on Old Course Hole One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that the 35 \u2013 40 centimetre-deep drainage trenches have been dug on Hole One of the Old Course, this week gravel or crushed stone will be placed under, around and over the drain lines. The trenches will then be \u201c… backfilled with a porous, sandy soil to the exiting surface grade,\u201d states Andr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez Garcia, General Director of Atalaya Golf & Country Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to S\u00e1nchez, coarse sand is the ideal material to use to backfill drains \u201c\u2026 located in depressions and waterways where large volumes of water must be accommodated by downward percolation to the subsurface drains\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDrainage systems normally consist of one or more mainline drains with a series of evenly spaced laterals extending across the fairway as dictated by the topography (herringbone system),\u201d states S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different types of drain lines are available, including perforated, flexible plastic and rigid PVC pipe. \u201cPerforated plastic is the most widely used due to the ease of installation,\u201d says S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FYI: The photo above shows a flexible PVC drainage tube laid in a bed of gravel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e1nchez comments that the drainage tube will later be completely surrounded with gravel. The trench will then be filled with coarse sand. In a few months, the trench will be covered with Bermuda grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n