Glamorgan are promising long rain delays at the Swalec Stadium are a thing of the past.
Chairman Paul Russell admits the drainage at the newest Test ground was "pathetic" and "hopeless" last year.
The outfield has been completely re-laid during the winter as part of a £3m revamp.
"We see it as an investment - it won't be returned immediately but we will be a Test Match ground until at least 2016," said Russell.
In all 16,000 square metres of fast-draining turf have been laid, while new drainage, pumping and irrigation systems have all been installed as part of an improvement programme before the Ashes Test in July.
The package also includes upgrading of the pavilion, hospitality facitilies and media centre ahead of the England- Australia match, seen as a key week for the county's international ambitions.
Glamorgan supporters had to endure a frustrating summer in 2008 culminating in an entire championship game against Worcestershire being washed out - on top of three Twenty20 fixtures and a Friends Provident Trophy match.
Some feared the redeveloped stadium had produced a drainage nightmare- and the county had to take action.
"The drainage of the outfield was pathetic - it was the wrong style of turf, going straight onto highly compact soil and it was uneven with a dozen or more shallow dips where water congregated- just hopeless," Russell told BBC Wales Sport ahead of the first home championship game against Derbyshire starting on 28 April.
"The only way was to rip the whole thing up, put in the drains, a power pump system, level the whole thing off as flat as a bowling green and use this latest turf which drains away quicker than the eye can see.
"Quite rightly the public has no sympathy (with delays after rain)- you can't manage the weather but you can manage its implications."
Glamorgan have also invested in new technology to tackle delays in covering the square - embarrassingly highlighted during the one day international during England and South Africa last summer.
A new "hover cover" will be sited at the River Taff end - designed to be in place on the wicket within 90 seconds and to cover the whole square to prevent any damage from sudden downpours.
New operations direction Simon Lee has labelled the Ashes summer as phenomenal, claiming the match will be "the biggest event in Wales this year."
He said: "We expect around 30m people to be watching live on TV (worldwide), 16,000 people coming here each day and about 10,000 hospitality clients over the week."
The Ashes summer could be seen as a baptism of fire for Lee, who's previously worked at Chepstow and Hereford racecourses, the Millennium Stadium and the Celtic Manor golf complex.
But he believes his previous experience at the Gwent course will stand him in good stead.
"When I arrived at Chepstow it was in a similar phase, we had to go through a similar process of getting facilities ready for major racing," he revealed.
A gloomy end to last season saw the departure of chief executive Mike Fatkin, now with the Welsh Netball Association, and head groundsman Len Smith, in the wake of the England-South Africa washout.
So Glamorgan supporters will hope for less turbulent times as the club prepares to be the focus of unprecedented worldwide attention this summer.
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