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posted 8/7/2017 Bioreactors have proven to remove nitrates and phosphorous from farm fields, but the city of Davenport is planning to install Iowa's first bioreactor in an urban setting. This urban bioreactor will divert water running from city streets that would normally gush into the creek during heavy rainfall, and remove pollutants before they enter the watershed.

posted 7/25/2017 Water quality practices that reduce nitrogen loss to streams are not one-size-fits-all.

posted 5/8/2017 Check out this informative document with questions and answers about Drainage Water Recycling for the Midwest!

posted 4/3/2017 A research team led by Laura Christianson at U of I studied ways that farmers could reduce nitrates leaving their fields. Their findings were published as “Ten ways to reduce nitrogen loads from drained croplands in the Midwest.”

posted 3/24/2017 A study, that has been conducted over the past 9 years at the ISU Southeast Iowa Research Farm, is providing great insight into yield and water quality benefits from proper subsurface drainage design and the use of various conservation practices.