The Water Table

#118 | Accidental Advocate for the Drainage Industry


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From introducing GPS for grid tiling in New York to sharing best practices in agricultural water management, Chad Klotzbach of Alleghany Services has become an advocate for the drainage industry. Learn why he feels education is so important and how applying research from the Midwest is benefitting his East Coast business.

Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00   Today on the Water Table Podcast
00:26   Welcome Chad Klotzbach
01:00   All the way from New York
01:30   Farm drainage up and down the East Coast
02:07   Second generation and GPS
03:10   More opportunity = More challenges
04:35   Average project is 35 acres, Boston, Maryland, Delaware… it’s diverse!
05:55   The benefits of education
07:20   Bringing the Midwest research to the Northeast
08:24   Non-traditional drainage states
09:46   Selling snake-oil or advocate?
11:25   Shameless drainage promotion
12:40   The first bioreactor in Massachusetts
14:14   Controlled drainage
15:00   Precision agriculture – including drainage.
16:30   Three feet of rain in the spring
17:15   Learning from the conferences
18:53   Still a lot of work to do
19:20   Personal achievements
20:50   Big thanks to our guest!

Related Content: 

  • Alleghany Services
  • ADMC
  • Episode #62: A Water Management Industry Insider Shares How Management Practices are Improving and How You Can Benefit
  • Episode #116: A Unified Voice and Vision for Agricultural Water Management


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The Water TableBy Jamie Duininck