How One Iowa Town Added Natural Infrastructure to Meet Its Water Challenges

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2 Video Views·Nov 7, 2026

As Iowa's landscape was converted from prairie, woodland, and wetlands to intensive agriculture drained by subsurface tile systems, water quantity and quality challenges have plagued the state. Here's how Belle Plaine restored a wetland and found benefits that extend far beyond the water — and what other cities can learn from it.