1. Systematic drainage of a cutting, and the natural ground and deposited earth in an embankment, so as to augment its weight sustaining power and general stability.
2. A side ditch near to the foot of each slope, and at the top of the slope adjacent to the fence line.
3. Catchwater drains upon the slopes.
4. Wells, filled with broken filtering material, contiguous to the fence line and connecting drains with them.
5. Open timber trenches, strutted at intervals, and acting as drains and counterforts, at the toe of a slope.
6. A channel for the discharge of any water issuing from an intercepted field drain.
7. Tapping springs in the slopes or formation of a cutting, or that exist in the ground upon which an embankment has to be deposited.
8. The profile of the formation being made higher in the centre, so that water will flow into the side drains or water-table and not remain, due provision being made for its discharge.
9. Side drains being made before the excavation is commenced or deposited.
10. No accumulation of water being allowed upon the ground upon which an embankment has to be deposited.