Evaluation of Nutrient Retention Basins for Treating Drainage from Agricultural Landscapes

The goals of this project include1) design and instrument a series of water and nutrient storage basins for the treatment of agricultural drainage water, 2) collect water and nutrient date in order to assess the capacity of the designed systems to improve edge-of-field water quality, and 3) educate stakeholders on the potential benefits of these systems. Despite dry conditions in 2009 and wet conditions in 2010 and the first half of 2011 and design challenges we observed nutrient load reductions in water after treatment in the systems.