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Lower Cedar watershed group tells Scott County board it has treated nitrates with cover crops, buffers and bioreactors
Summary
Presenters from the Lower Cedar Watershed Management Authority told the Scott County Committee of the Whole that the WMA is working with farmers on cover crops, saturated buffers and wood-chip bioreactors, has completed an initial batch of 40 installations and is pursuing a three-year state water-quality grant to sustain a watershed coordinator role.
A team from the Lower Cedar Watershed Management Authority described work to reduce nitrate runoff and improve water quality in the Lower Cedar basin at the Scott County Committee of the Whole on Dec. 2.
Alyssa Comer, who handles technical administration for the WMA through the East Central Iowa Council of Governments, told supervisors the watershed covers "a little bit over 700,000 acres, 7 counties" and that the authority formed in 2018 to address water quality and flooding. Comer said a 2019 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources supported a watershed plan that led to hiring a coordinator. "In November, we submitted a application for IDOL's water quality initiative, and this would be a 3 year program if awarded to continue to fund Emory in the watershed," Comer said.
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