More than 90% of New Hampshire’s surface water quality impairments can be traced back to a single source: stormwater runoff. It’s not as attention-grabbing as long-lasting synthetic chemicals, man-mad ...

Preventing soil erosion, surface runoff Date: May 20, 2015 Source: South Dakota State University Summary: The same spring rains that lessen producers' concerns about drought can also lead to soil ...

More information: Boluwatife S. Olubusoye et al, Removal of microplastics from agricultural runoff using biochar: a column feasibility study, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2024). DOI: 10. ...

A final design consideration is an emergency spillway or diversion structure. The total retention volume of these filters should be designed to treat the surface runoff of a particular design storm ...

However, nitrogen leaving the soil—whether through leaching into the groundwater table, flowing with surface runoff into streams ... The water storage capacity of weathered bedrock is 4.7 times ...

As a result, less water is pulled out of the soil. It remains wetter. Surface runoff is another mode of water movement. Wildfire can make the soil more vulnerable to this moisture loss.

Herbicides control weeds on over 90 percent of Indiana's cropland. Soil erosion and water runoff from treated fields are the main sources of pesticides in surface water. Ground water can become ...

But a new study released Wednesday by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency cited a growing threat from sediment and nitrogen from surface water runoff. "What we see in the condition of our ...

Golf courses can help manage stormwater runoff, aiding in flood prevention. They also recharge groundwater supplies and filter surface runoff. The vegetation on golf courses sequesters atmospheric ...