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  1. Agricultural Drainage Ditches

    https://streams.osu.edu/projects/agricultural-drainage-ditches

    States. In the North Central Region, drainage ditches were either dredged into existence or were natural ... the term agricultural drainage ditch to describe any channel with a primary purpose as an outlet for ... subsurface drainage to facilitate crop production. Drainage ditches are critical components to a viable ...

  2. Water Quality

    https://agditches.osu.edu/tools-and-models/water-quality

    The benefits of ditches extend way beyond drainage and production. Well-functioning drainage ... ditches also can provide many services to the watershed including protecting valuable downstream resources ... conventional trapezoidal drainage ditch design to an alternative design such as the two-stage ditch or ...

  3. Michigan Two-Stage Channels

    https://agditches.osu.edu/case-studies/two-stage/michigan

    Crommer Ditch is an incised channel draining a 5.0-square mile watershed with row crops and ... Creel Ditch was a trapezoidal channel was subject to bank failure, required frequent maintenance, and ... from the Great Lakes Commision to fund construction of a 2100-foot reach of Creel Ditch. Crommer Ditch ...

  4. Scientific Information: References

    https://agditches.osu.edu/management-options/scientific-information-references

    References Fact Sheets D’Ambrosio, J.D. Witter, and A.D. Ward. 2011. Building Better Ditches ... Developing regional hydraulic geometry relationships for streams and ditches. Great Lakes Regional Water ... 2013. Tri-state hydraulic geometry relationships for sizing two-stage agricultural ditches. Great Lakes ...

  5. Innovative Approaches to Managing Drainage Ditches Can Save Growers Time, Money and Better Benefit Waterways, Ohio State Experts Say

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/innovative-approaches-managing-drainage-ditches-can-save-growers-time-money-and-better

    February 23, 2012 ADA, Ohio – Innovative approaches to ditch management could save Ohio crop ... growers time and money while at the same time reducing the flow of phosphorus and nitrogen through ditches ... University experts said. Over the past decade there has been increasing interest in managing drainage ditches ...

  6. Klase Ditch

    https://agditches.osu.edu/klase_ditch

    Site Name: Klase Ditch Site Location: Shelby County, OH Receiving Waterbody: Loramie Creek→Great ... Miami River→Ohio River→Mississippi River Year Constructed: 2005 Project History and Purpose: Klase Ditch ... project reach that required the landowner to frequently maintain the channel. Klase Ditch has a small ...

  7. Creel Ditch

    https://agditches.osu.edu/creel_ditch

    Site Name: Creel Ditch Site Location: Steuben County, IN Receiving Waterbody: Fish Creek→St. ... Joseph River→Maumee River→Lake Erie Year Constructed: 2008 Location of Creel Ditch. Project History and ... Purpose:  Creel Ditch is an incised drainage channel draining a 4.7-square mile watershed of row crops and ...

  8. Resources & Publications

    https://agditches.osu.edu/Publications

    and multi-media materials about two-stage ditches and self-forming channels.   Fact Sheets Ditch ... Management Options D'Ambrosio, J.D. Witter, and A.D. Ward. 2011. Building Better Ditches. Great Lakes ... in press. Building Better Ditches: The Self-Forming Channel. Great Lake Regional Water Program. ...

  9. Case Study Examples

    https://agditches.osu.edu/case-studies

    Case study examples show real-world applications of the theory behind drainage ditch management ... strategies. We provide information on a number of drainage ditch enhancement projects including creating ... instream wetlands, two-stage ditches, and self-forming channels to learn more about they types of projects ...

  10. Rain, Rain, Go Away, Right On Down the Ditch and Drain

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/rain-rain-go-away-righto-down-ditch-and-drain

    rolling downhill into a drainage ditch, or if you are one of the unlucky ones, a self-made lake in the ... ditches, or a combination of both. For those of you unfamiliar with tile, it is not the ceramic floor tiles ... Agricultural ditches are a necessary part of most drainage systems. These provide channels for the water to ...

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