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Help crops and reduce flooding and pollution with new approach to drainage, speaker tells farmers

States Newsroom · October 7, 2026

BROOKINGS — Farmers could reduce their reliance on groundwater, help mitigate downstream flooding and improve crop yields during droughts by storing their drainage water in a pond or wetland, according to a speaker at the Eastern South Dakota Water Conference. Chuck Brandel is a drainage expert with ISG , an…

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Help crops and reduce flooding and pollution with new approach to drainage, speaker tells farmers

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