West of Mpls MN about 50 miles on Hwy 12 | In hind sight, agriculture drainage wells probably wasn't a good idea even if chemical weed control was never adopted.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/11/21/iowa-completes-decades-lo...
Iowa completes decades-long project to close ag drainage wells
By:
Cami Koons
November 21, 2024
3:38 pm
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced the last seven agricultural drainage wells in the state have been closed, which represents the end of about 30 years of research and management around the wells that negatively impacted water quality in Iowa.
Following the establishment of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act in 1987, IDALS developed an inventory of ag drainage wells in the state and found there were 300, with a majority in Humboldt, Pocahontas and Wright counties.
https://iowaagriculture.gov/water-resources-bureau/ag-drainage-well-...
Government assistance was possibly used to construct agriculture wells back in the day...and government assistance was/is available to close agriculture drainage wells today.
Agricultural drainage wells (ADWs) were developed in the early to mid 1900’s and discharge cropland tile drainage water to underground aquifers. The fund was established in 1997 to protect drinking water aquifers by cost-sharing with landowners to close agricultural drainage wells and develop alternative drainage outlets to surface streams or install alternative management practices.
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