Purpose

To train stakeholders in design concepts, planning and laying out of conservation drainage practices including oxbows, saturated buffers, controlled drainage, wetlands, alternative intakes, drainage water recycling, woodchip bioreactors, and two stage ditches including ACPF and Batch and Build programs.

Format

This is a three-day school with each day including a combination of hands-on training, lecture and discussion, and problem solving using in-field examples. By attending this school, participants will be able to plan, design, and layout conservation drainage practices and workout estimated project costs.

Audience

• drainage contractors
• professional engineers and consultants
• NRCS professionals
• county administrators
• landowners
• IDDA officials
• anyone interested in subsurface drainage design and maintenance