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Small midfield ponds play in agricultural landscape important functions: natural, hydrological and economical. However, they are exposed to very strong anthropogenic impact. Valorization research of water ponds enables to point out the most valuable objects, which should be protected by law, for example as ecological sites. Active protection of water ponds in agricultural landscape is possible by using them to drainage water retention. The methods of ecological and land reclamation valorization of small ponds are presented in this paper. An ecological valorization of small ponds was based on: pond area, hydrography, pond flora, coastal zone, pond shelterbelts, land use around pond, and anthropogenic impact. Land reclamation usefulness was evaluated on the basis of: pond area, morphology, hydrography, dam building and periodic occurrence of small ponds.