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State offers to fund pumped wetland on county land; board to review maintenance agreement or easement
Summary
The Iowa Department of Agriculture proposed a state-funded pumped wetland on a three- to four-acre county-owned parcel near Harris to remove nitrates; the board expressed interest and asked staff to arrange follow-up with the Soil & Water Conservation District and review maintenance-agreement and easement options.
County staff and the Iowa Department of Agriculture presented a preliminary design on Jan. 14 for a pumped wetland on a small county-owned parcel in drainage district 64, southwest of Harris. The department indicated it would fund construction and asked the county to consider an easement or maintenance agreement to secure long-term function.
What was presented: the design calls for a pumped wetland where a solar-powered pump would lift drainage-ditch water into the wetland for denitrification and treatment; treated water would return to…
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