A northeast Iowa farmer who installed a bioreactor this

spring says it’s one of many tools for improving water quality.

Bob Hemesath of Decorah tells Brownfield he worked with his local NRCS office to identify the right location.

“You have to go down to the edge of a field, or where you can find a tile line that’s out-letting. So what they did is take some aerial maps and elevations and kind of figured how much area they could actually drain through this because (bioreactors) are limited in the amount of capacity you can put through it.”

About 40 acres of tile drains through the spot they chose.

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