He is credited with the first public introduction of agricultural drainage in the United States.

Its lifecycle is little known, its isolated populations are increasingly restricted by agricultural drainage, and it is listed as a threatened subspecies.

John Johnston, a farmer born in nearby Knocknalling, is credited with introducing agricultural drainage to the United States.

Many small wetlands amenable to agricultural drainage were noticed though no data exists on the number or location of former wetlands now effectively drained.

Thus, this palm thrives in a very specific habitat, and destruction of that habitat by commercial agricultural drainage of wetlands can impact the population negatively.

For example, agricultural drainage, much of which is now responsible for maintaining a significant infrastructure, results largely from these local districts or other entities.

Lundie is surrounded by several small lochs, whose size has been reduced in recent times by agricultural drainage, hence largely draining the eponymous marshes.

The Holy Well dried up in the 19th century following agricultural drainage, but is thought to be located not far from the church building.

The discharge of domestic and industrial wastewater, as well as nutrient-rich agricultural drainage, caused the degradation of the lake's water quality and its biodiversity.

The total investment cost in agricultural drainage over 27 years from 1973 to 2002 was about 3.1 billion US$ covering the cost of design, construction, maintenance, research and training.