Trey Allis takes over hosting duties to talk with Iowa State PhD student researcher, Eric Henning about the work he’s doing to assess Iowa’s opportunities as the state replaces its outdated water mains. From reducing ponding, increasing yields and addressing water quality issues, the benefits could be significant to agriculture in the Midwest.

Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00   Today on the Water Table Podcast
00:25   Welcome Eric Henning
01:00   Drainage District improvements in Iowa
03:00   Crop production impact
04:00   Thinking differently
05:29   Keeping yields private…
06:00   Utilizing satellite images
07:30   Comparing sister districts
09:00   Upgrading the main
10:30   Isolating the corn and soybean fields
13:10   Seeing the damage firsthand
14:19   ET – evaporation and transpiration
16:30   How do you measure that?
18:30   Drainage water recycling
20:30   Digging the storage ponds
23:30   A lot of moving parts
25:00   Where’d you matriculate from?
26:45   Nebraska to ISU
27:40   What’s next?

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• Best Practice: Drainage Water Recycling
• Episode 71: Is Drainage Infrastructure More Valuable Than Underground Transit?
• Episode 107: Drainage Summit and a Crumbling Infrastructure; Why Collaboration is Key
• Episode 110: Bridging the Gap Between Water Management Research and Application
• Episode 113: Drainage Water Recycling: Creating Resiliency Amidst Dwindling Resources

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