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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Saturated Buffer Schematic

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University of Illinois researchers found that, if adopted on a wide scale throughout the Midwest, saturated buffers could reduce nitrogen pollution entering the Gulf of Mexico by 5 to 10 percent.

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Transforming Drainage

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