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Saturated buffer install
Installation of saturated buffer in Story County, Iowa, on land farmed by Justin Hanson. A line of tile is installed parallel to the stream. When water from field tile from a sloping field on the right is diverted to this tile from the water control structure (foreground of picture) the seeded buffer becomes saturated. The roots and plant uptake then denitrify the water. October 2015.
Please Credit: NRCS/SWCS photo by Lynn Betts
Saturated buffer install
Installation of saturated buffer in Story County, Iowa, on land farmed by Justin Hanson. A line of tile is installed parallel to the stream. When water from field tile from a sloping field on the right is diverted to this tile from the water control structure (foreground of picture) the seeded buffer becomes saturated. The roots and plant uptake then denitrify the water. October 2015.
Please Credit: NRCS/SWCS photo by Lynn Betts