Tile drainage effluent from systems on irrigated land in the San Joaquin Valley of California was analyzed for nitrogen and phosphorus and the quantity of each element found was correlated with the quantity of N and P applied for four different cropping patterns. Large percentages of applied N were found to be lost in tile drainage effluent. Phosphorus losses were not significant.
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Johnston et al. (1965) studied this question.