For generations, farmers in the Holland Marsh region have grown the crops that feed Canadian families. But as urban populations grow, excess phosphorus and nutrients from cities, industry and agricultural activities enter the water. This adds stress to the already fragile ecosystem, turning into toxic algae and threatening drinking water while suffocating fish and aquatic life.

In this Water Story, we visit one farm that has installed an innovative Water Recycling System from Econse to help them reduce their water use and limit agricultural runoff, while recapturing tons of phosphorus each year to keep it from entering the environment.