Here in the Northeast I see what appears to me to be plenty going on to protect water quality. Most corn grown here is for dairy cows. Dairy cows also need high protein hay and forage and a lot of it is grown in strips along rivers and streams which of course helps to prevent run off. All dairy farms have sludge interceptors to keep the drain water from the milk parlors clean. These are usually paid for by the federal gov't. I know of areas where there are drain swales between crop strips. Most of these are cultivated and the pitch is kept correct with land planes. On the other side of it, parking lots and roads being built have to have detention ponds for the run-off to run to where it gets filtered by the vegetation. A current construction project that I have been involved with has a huge 3,000 sq. ft. UNDERGROUND detention pond. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean that it is not there. My church would like to get our driveway paved but we would have to give up too much parking space for the detention pond. And talk about leaking septic systems, nobody can get away with one for any length of time. If the building inspector doesn't notice it a neighbor will turn the owner in. From what I see driving around the biggest problem is landscapers making lawns too green.
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