Nutrient Farming Strategy

Fact Sheets

Nutrient Farming: An economic strategy to improve water quality

Illinois River Nutrient Farm Pilot Project: Demonstrating a new economic model for wetlands restoration

Can wetlands cost effectively manage nutrients?: Cost comparison of conventional wastewater treatment vs. wetland treatment

Assessing tax impacts of nutrient management options: Nutrient farming could lessen tax burden to Chicago area residents

Measuring a test market for nutrient farming: Finding profits in the Illinois River Watershed

Can wetlands address global warming: Nutrient farms could reduce fossil fuel use and sequester carbon

Journal Articles

Nutrient Farming: A Means to Finance Large-Scale Wetland Restoration
by Donald Hey, Jill Kostel, and Gary Sullivan
Published by Chicago Wilderness Online Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (April 2007). 8 pp.

Nutrient Farming and Traditional Removal: An Economic Comparison
by Donald L. Hey, J.A. Kostel, A. P. Hurter, and R. H. Kadlec
Published by Water Environment Research Foundation, 2005. 58 pages.
The project derived cost equations for nutrient removal using conventional wastewater technology and treatment wetlands. The project also created a nutrient removal model—and associated parameters—for treatment wetlands and demonstrated the savings in capital and operating costs that treatment wetlands can provide.

Nutrient farming: The business of environmental management
by Donald L. Hey, Laura S. Urban, Jill A. Kostel
From Ecological Engineering: The Journal of Ecosystem Restoration, Vol. 24, No. 4 (April 5, 2005), pp 279-287.

Nitrogen Farming: Harvesting a Different Crop
by Donald L. Hey, Ph.D.
From Restoration Ecology: The Journal of the Society for Ecological Restoration, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2002.

Nitrogen Farming: Summary Report of Four Workshops
White paper produced by TWI following workshops in 2002 to explore the financing, technology, and related concerns for nutrient farming.