Farmers use reservoirs to collect water, use in irrigation pivots

Opportunities east of the Mississippi Heavily tiled regions of the Corn Belt also show potential for harvesting and recycling drainage water, says Larry Brown, Ohio State University agricultural engineer. Brown and the USDA-ARS are doing research in the Maumee River watershed in northwest Ohio on we...

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Published in:Corn and Soybean Digest 2015-05
Main Author: Morrison, Liz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Climate change
Colleges & universities
Corn
Drainage
Drought
Farmers
Farms
Groundwater
Irrigation
Ponds
Rain
Reservoirs
Reservoirs (Water)
Runoff
Water shortages
Watersheds
Wetlands
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Summary:Opportunities east of the Mississippi Heavily tiled regions of the Corn Belt also show potential for harvesting and recycling drainage water, says Larry Brown, Ohio State University agricultural engineer. Brown and the USDA-ARS are doing research in the Maumee River watershed in northwest Ohio on wetland reservoir subirrigation (WRSI) systems, which include a drainage reservoir plus a constructed wetland for water treatment.
ISSN:1544-1644