Farming and Agriculture - Field Dranage

I have a 2 acre field which hold water in several areas. I don't want to have permenate ditches to drain it. I was thinking about installing something like a septic field line to move the water to and existing drainage ditch. Any help with this would be greatful.

Well, since frost is probably not an issue where you are, drainage pipes are a possibility, however, you will still need gravity and a place to go. Now, Tiger Woods might be able to eyeball the slope and decide where the water needs to go, but I would want to rent a rotary laser level. Very simple to use and create your own elevation map and help you decide if a simple sawle will do what you want or if pipes are needed.

Bud

Drain pipes are often installed in fields in the midwest where crop yeilds are high enough to make it profitable. They basically do what you are describing. A series of perforated pipes like a septic leach field are burried throughout the field with fall to allow gravity to carry the water to a ditch at the edge of the field.

If you have a way to dig the trenches (backhoe, excavator...) it is not a difficult job. A simple survey of the field and ditches before you start would be a good idea. You obviously need to have somewhere for the water flow by gravity.