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The term 'soil quality' came into vogue in the 1990's following a 1993 National Research Council Committee (NRCC) report on long-range soil and water conservation entitled 'Soil and water quality: [...]

The article offers information related to the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, and plans of China, Laos, and Cambodia to build dams for hydroelectricity and floodwater storage on the Mekong River upstream are viewed by environmentalists as threats to fisheries and riverbank farming.

The article discusses the construction of small dams by the Laotian government and proposed large dams on the Mekong main stem to meet energy needs for economic growth and increase export revenues.

The article reports on the issues of managing the upper Missouri River for agriculture and irrigation and flood control, and energy and the effect of Ryan Dam and Garrison Dam on the river and the agriculture in the river valley and the human impacts of Garrison dam.

The article offers information on the sedimentation, navigation, and agriculture on the lower Missouri River at Saint Louis, Missouri; and also mentions the need of carving rocks and eroding soils to create channels and deepen through the continuous sediment transport and deposition processes.

The article discusses shift of soil functionality from optimal state to less optimal state based on water holding capacity as a function of soil organic carbon results soil degradation. Topics discussed include increase in runoff and sediment movements from agricultural landscapes due to increase in infiltration rate of soil; and increase in biodiversity reduce the vulnerability of ecosystem to tolerate adverse effects of climate change; and implication for crop management.

The article discusses the hundred year effort of the city of Chicago, Illinois to provide safe drinking water, which led to the establishment of the Illinois and Michigan canal, the investment to water treatment systems and the preservation of section of the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport.

The article discusses the tons of sand dunes deposited at southern Illinois farmland and Dogtooth Bend peninsula which comes from the floodwaters of the Mississippi River in January of 2016, which required graders and snow plows to open the road for local traffic.

The article discusses the efforts of St. Johns Levee and Drainage District on the Mississippi River to mitigate internal flooding. The mitigation planning in the Bootheel of Missouri attempted to reduce the number of days communities are isolated by floodwaters, as well as to limit crop and non-crop losses and reduce damage through the adoption of strategies that reconnect the hydrology of the floodplain to the river. The changes in land use and drainage modifications over time are tackled.

The article discusses a study aimed to understand and highlight the effects of soil erosion, transport, and deposition on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. Topics include soil erosion by wind and water and subsequent sediment transport and depositional processes to lead soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, soil management practices, basic types of agricultural land units type considerations when measuring SOC stock.

The article focuses on the intensive system of agriculture in Missouri bottomlands which results to good economic output and has altered the nutrient cycling, hydrology, and biodiversity of the entire ecosystem. It mentions that the Missouri's ecosystem is managed by the Little River Drainage District. A diagram is presented depicting the five drainage ditches in the southern Little River Drainage District.

The article discusses the construction of the Headwaters Diversion channel to help drain and protect 480,000 ha of agricultural lands in southeast Missouri from internal seasonal flooding and Mississippi River backflow at flood stage. Central to this success was the diversion of water coming from the Ozark Plateau and Francois Mountains directly into the Mississippi River using a series of leveed channels in order to isolate the upper basin and prevent overloading of the lower drainage system.

The article focuses on the installation of slurry trenches and relief wells to strengthen Ohio and Mississippi river levee systems. Topics discussed include historical geological features of the Cache River valley area, consequences of cache river levee failure in Ohio and Mississippi, restoration of cache river levees, impact of flooding on farmland located North of Cairo area, and impact of 2011 flooding on unleveed agricultural lands.

The article focuses on the development and repair of sinkholes and sand boils after flood of 2011 in Cairo, Illinois. Topics discussed include emergence of sinkholes and sand boils, treatment of roads by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), lack of crop insurance benefits to farmers for crop damage, soil erosion caused because of failure of levees, and vegetation on the Angelo Towhead island.

The article reviews the paired comparison approach used by many scientists to determine soil carbon sequestration rates and discusses the questions raised by this approach on the validity of the results of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration estimation. A review of available literature indicates that the difference between the no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) treatments at the end of a long-term study using a paired plot approach is just a measure of net SOC storage difference.

The article discusses the barges accident that damaged the Marseilles Lock and Dam during 2013 flood on the Illinois River. Topics mentioned include the documenting of the damages to the dam structure, the construction of the Illinois waterway system and the Marseilles lock and dam system designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a unit in maintaining the shipping channel and other types of water traffic.

The article focuses on drought conditions in the Mississippi River Channel at Thebes, Illinois as a result of slow soaking rain systems and evening thunder-storms. Topics discussed include a new challenge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to control the Mississippi River, lack of rain throughout 2012 that severe summertime seasonal drought over the central Great Plains and USACE's successful effort to dredge other parts of the Mississippi River to keep the shipping channel open.

The article offers information on the flooding of the Ohio River at the Cache River Valley in south Illinois in the later part of April ad early part of May in 2011. It mentions that the flood is caused by the early snowmelt and heavy rains at the eastern part of Ohio Basin and it resulted to the rise of Ohio River's gage to 18.7 meters. Moreover, the counties affected by the flood and the geological attributes of the Cache River Valley are also stated.

The article focuses on the failure of the Len Small levee during the Ohio River Flood of 2011 in Illinois. It discusses the architectural features of the extensive systems of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and private levees that confine the Mississippi River and protect the low-lying agricultural lands, rural towns, and public conservation areas from flooding. The Small Len levee built on the southern Illinois border near Cairo protects private and public lands from 20-year floods.

In this article, the authors discuss the breaching of levees in the New Madrid Floodway, Missouri in May 2011. They explain that changing climate conditions will intensify the risks regarding snow melting, rain fall and flooding. They suggest that a comprehensive plan which promotes the leveed engineering infrastructure with redevelopment of an ecological infrastructure can lessen flooding and strengthen the effectiveness of well placed leveed systems.

The article presents information on the restoration of the land that were destroyed during the flood in 2011 in the U.S. It informs that the 100 hectare of land was converted into deep gullies and eroded tons of soil, damaging irrigation equipment, farm buildings and homes. It further informs that the reclamation and restoration of these lands very time consuming.

The article focuses on the effects of the flooding in Cairo, Illinois, which was caused by the swelling of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in 2011. It says that Cairo is situated at the confluence of the two rivers, wherein the Fort Defiance State Park was under water in the April 2011 flooding, as well as the Illinois farmlands. Furthermore, the decision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to blow up the New Madrid Floodway helped to lessen the impact of the flood.

The article discusses the impact of 2011 induced levee breaches on agricultural lands in Mississippi River Valley. It mentions that the breaching was a planned strategy to reduce water pressure and prevent levee failures. It states that the New Madrid Floodway project in the river was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which obtained modified flowage easements within the Floodway lands to permit the expected artificial breaching.

The article presents information on the Sny Island Levee Drainage District of Illinois, which runs parallel to the Mississippi River. It is stated that the Illinois Supreme Court has used the drainage district as a model for developing other drainage districts. Topics like the Sny River Channel, settling basins, and concerning observations, are discussed.

The article presents information on the buffer tool development project for vegetative buffers on watercourses in prairies of Canada. It is stated that a variety of sites were assessed on different landscapes, to develop the approach. The logic framework, then developed, is available in "Field Manual on Buffer Design for the Canadian Prairies." A flow chart depicting the design tool logic framework, is presented.