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Managing Nitrogen for Water Quality—Lessons from Management Systems Evaluation Area

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1999

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Power, J. F., Wiese, Richard, and Flowerday, Dale, 1999, Managing Nitrogen for Water Quality—Lessons from Management Systems Evaluation Area: J. Environ. Qual., v. 29, no. 2, p. 355-366.

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The Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) project was initiated in 1990 to evaluate existing and develop new N management technologies to reduce the potential adverse impacts of agricultural practices on surface and ground water quality. Field research sites were established in nine Midwestern states. Results from MSEA research showed that nitrate leaching was greatly reduced by changing from furrow to sprinkler irrigation. At least 95% of the nitrate N percolating through tiled soils was intercepted and discharged into surface waters. Computer models indicated that routing tile discharge through wetlands would greatly reduce the nitrate load. Nitrate losses also were reduced by establishing controlled water tables using drainage [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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DOI http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 10.2134/jeq2000.00472425002900020001x

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