That’s a statewide effort to improve water quality by reducing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in lakes, streams and rivers. Peter Fandel is with the agriculture department at Illinois Central College in East Peoria.

 

 

And Fandel says one of the plots involves conventional farming and the other involves no-till/cover crops.

 

 

ICC also plans to construct a multi-stage wetland this fall that will take all the water from the agricultural fields. The site will include water control structures and water samplers before and after the wetland to monitor water quality.