Introduction, Historical Development and Charge to Participants

The stated purpose of the ASCE Irrigation and Drainage Division is: “to promote advancement in thought and practice in the field, to clarify fundamental principles, to disseminate knowledge of current practice and the results obtained therefrom and to bring about closer acquaintance of those engaged in irrigation and drainage engineering. The field work of the Irrigation and Drainage Division includes all engineering concerned with the application of water to land or the removal of water therefrom and all of the technical, economic, and social aspects of the association of engineering with these problems. In brief, it covers all phases of irrigation, drainage, and reclamation of lands.”