The saturated riparian buffer (SRB) is a new and cost-effective conservation practice that
diverts agricultural tile drainage toward subsurface discharge within riparian buffers to …

A saturated riparian buffer (SRB) is an edge‐of‐field conservation practice that reduces
nitrate export from agricultural lands by redistributing tile drainage as shallow groundwater …

Saturated riparian buffers are a new type of conservation practice that divert subsurface tile
drainage water from direct discharge to surface water into distribution pipes that discharge …

Riparian buffers are a proven practice for removing NO3 from overland flow and shallow
groundwater. However, in landscapes with artificial subsurface (tile) drainage, most of the …

Highlights Saturated buffers redistribute tile drainage water below riparian buffers to reduce
nitrate-nitrogen loading. NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 604 guides saturated buffer …

Nutrient loading from nonpoint source runoff in the Midwest has emerged as one of the
largest threats to water quality as the frequency of harmful algal blooms, hypoxic zones, and …

Riparian buffers can improve water quality, but watershed‐scale evaluations of riparian
buffering opportunities are rare. A landscape discretization tool called riparian catchments …

A saturated riparian buffer (SRB) is an edge‐of‐field conservation practice that intercepts tile
drainage and reduces nitrate flux to nearby streams by redistributing the flow as shallow …

Core Ideas Saturated buffers can help achieve regional water quality goals. Roughly 75,520
km of US Midwest stream banks could host a saturated buffer. 248,000 to 360,000 saturated …

Nitrate from artificial drainage pipes (tiles) underlying agricultural fields is a major source of
reactive N, especially NO3, in surface waters. A novel approach for reducing NO3 loss is to …