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- Title
Streamside Management Zones Effectiveness for Protecting Water Quality after Forestland Application of Biosolids.
- Authors
Pratt, W. A.; Fox, T. R.
- Abstract
The article presents a study that evaluates the effectiveness of a 15-meter streamside management zone (SMZ) in protecting the quality of water in streams near forestland where biosolids have been applied. Three small watersheds located at the Appomattox River in Virginia were used to carry out the study. It states the use of runoff collection canisters, tension lysimeters, and ion exchange membranes to assess the concentration of inorganic nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) within biosolids-amended soils which are planted with loblolly pine across an SMZ that is next to streams located in the Virginia Piedmont. The study reveals that a 15-meter SMZs have adequately protected the water quality in streams after the application of anaerobically-digested biosolids.
- Subjects
APPOMATTOX River (Va.); VIRGINIA; WATER quality management; RIVERS; SEWAGE sludge; FORESTS &; forestry; WATERSHEDS; NITROGEN in soils; PHOSPHORUS in soils; LOBLOLLY pine
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 5, p2106
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2008.0350