Campus Units
Agronomy, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2016
DOI
10.13031/IDS.20162557416
Conference Title
10th International Drainage Symposium
Conference Date
September 7–9, 2016
City
Minneapolis, MN, United States
Abstract
Drained lands, which include some of the most productive lands in the world, can experience both water excess and water deficit within a year. Storing drained water within the landscape could increase the sustainability of water for agriculture, particularly as intense rainfall and prolonged summer drought continue to increase under future climate change. A team of researchers and extension specialists from nine states are currently working towards a vision of transforming the process of designing and implementing agricultural drainage to include storage through the use of controlled drainage, saturated buffers, and drainage water recycling (i.e. capture, storage, and reuse). Field research data from experimental drainage sites from across the U.S. Corn Belt have been brought together in a database to support synthesis and modeling to determine economic and environmental impacts of drainage water storage. Results from this effort will extend the strategies and tools to agricultural producers, the drainage industry, watershed managers, agencies, and policy makers, and educate the next generation of engineers and scientists to design drainage systems that include water storage in the landscape.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Reinhart, B.; Frankenberger, J.; Abendroth, L.; Ahiablame, L.; Bowling, L.; Brown, L.; Helmers, M.; Jaynes, D.; Jia, X.; Nelson, K.; Strock, J.; and Youssef, M., "Drainage Water Storage for Improved Resiliency and Environmental Performance of Agricultural Landscapes" (2016). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Presentations. 489.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_conf/489
Included in
Agricultural Science Commons, Agriculture Commons, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Commons, Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Comments
This paper is from International Drainage Symposium, Paper No. 162557416, pages 1-8 (doi: 10.13031/IDS.20162557416). St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.