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Originally Posted by cgoods17
so the "BCDD" doesnt get its water from the ag fields around it? i would bet at least 90% of the water in that ditch is from the surrounding ag fields. the entire Illinois plant is drained into the BCDD. and i am willing to bet all of Sweetlake property to the west is just the same... Hints the name Drainage Ditch
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The northern part of BCDD is always muddy from ag run off but as you get south the ag fields drain into the marsh then pumped into the canals. They pump clear water. That is one of Sweet Lake's pumps. Their west fields have to be pumped off.