Drainage
Faribault County consists of 113 public drainage systems, with over 260 miles of public open ditch and 700 miles of tile.
Multipurpose Drainage Management
The SWCD has access to external sources of funding for water quality improvements, wetland restoration, or flood control purposes on drainage systems. The SWCD can assist to facilitate multipurpose drainage management practices to reduce erosion and sedimentation, reduce peak flows and flooding, and improve water quality, while protecting drainage system efficiency and reducing drainage system maintenance. Practices include eligible on-field and on-drainage system practices within the benefited area or watershed of a county drainage system. Eligible practices may include:
- Drop inlet style side inlet
- Grassed waterway
- Water and sediment control basin
- Open tile inlet replacement
- Storage and treatment wetland restoration
- Drainage water management
- Structure for water control
- Saturated buffer
- Denitrifying bioreactor
The SWCD has partnered with the Faribault County Drainage Authority and Drainage Department on multipurpose drainage management planning and practice implementation on priority systems throughout the county. Contact the Drainage Department or SWCD at (507) 526-2388 for further information.