Wetlands efficiently remove nitrogen pollution from surface water, leading to cost savings for municipalities

Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife, and the ...
Augusta Free Press

Virginia DEQ awards $19M to reduce water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay

Four local projects are among the nine statewide awarded a total of $19 million in Virginia DEQ grants aimed at reducing water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Pay-For-Outcomes Nonpoint ...
JD Supra

Protecting Land for Water Quality/Strategies for State Nonpoint Source Management Programs: Open Space Institute Report

Hallie Schwab (Open Space Institute) Abigail Weinberg (Open Space Institute) Steve Epting (United States Environmental Protection Agency) Elise Turrietta (United States Environmental Protection Agency ...
insider.si.edu

Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and nitrogen

Carpenter, S. R., Caraco, N. F., Correll, David L., Howarth, R. W., Sharpley, A. N., and Smith, V. H. 1998. "Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and ...
Capital Press

9th Circuit: Lawsuit would make agricultural runoff exemption “dead letter”

A federal appeals court has rejected a legal argument that it has determined would render an agricultural exemption to the Clean Water Act a “dead letter.” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...
Mirage News

Online System Automates Farmland Pollution Monitoring

Agricultural non-point source (NPS) pollution is a major cause of water quality degradation, with pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus carried ...