MODULE 2 & 3 –
What’s It All About? The Impacts of Drainage
Module 2 & 3:
- Changes in climate and adaptation practices for resilience
- Impacts of drainage to water quantity, water quality and habitat
- Adaptation practices
- The benefits of wetlands and wetland retention requirements for drainage networks
WHAT’S INCLUDED: 1 video (42:20 mins) & 1 reading
VIDEO LECTURE
- Module 2 & 3 – What’s It All About? – The Impacts of Drainage Today Video
READING MATERIALS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Video
Agricultural Water Management: Understanding our Changing Climate – This video helps to explain the importance of agricultural water management in a changing climate.
Webpages
- South Tobacco Creek/Steppler Watershed Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) – Click here to read more about the BMPs that were used in the South Tobacco Creek/Steppler Watershed to slow down the flow of water along the creek to reduce the dissolved nutrients and improve the water quality.
- Wetlands & Agricultural Water Management in Saskatchewan – Click here to learn more about what a wetland is, how many wetlands there are and how many have been drained in agricultural Saskatchewan, and how wetlands are mapped.
- Agricultural Industry Advancing Water Management Research Projects – This webpage highlights the agricultural water management projects that WSA in partnership with several agricultural industry groups initiated to investigate the effectiveness of innovative drainage techniques to increase farm efficiency, and opportunities to enhance soil health, wetland carbon storage, and water quality.