Questions and Answers About Drainage Water Recycling for the Midwest

posted 5/8/2017

WHAT IS DRAINAGE WATER RECYCLING?

Drainage water recycling is the practice of capturing excess water drained from fields, storing the drained water in a pond, a reservoir, or a drainage ditch, and using the stored water to irrigate crops when there is a water deficit. Relative to conventional drainage, drainage water recycling has two major benefits: (1) increased crop yield and (2) improved downstream water quality.

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