Mills
204 West 5th,
Phone: 712-624-8606 Fax: 712-624-8587
Grassed Waterway
A grassed waterway is a
natural or constructed watercourse kept in grass and designed to carry
water down slope without causing erosion.
The sod slows runoff and traps soil and nutrients carried in runoff
waters from cropland and/or animal production areas. Grassed waterways serve as outlets for
terraces, diversions, fields, and roadside ditches. They also provide wildlife with a habitat
that includes food, cover, and water.
These waterways are most effective when used in combination with
other conservation or erosion control strategies.
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