An Evaluation of Pathogen Removal in Stormwater Best Management Practices in Charlotte and Wilmington, North Carolina

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon M Hathaway ◽  
William F Hunt ◽  
Jason D Wright ◽  
Steve Jadlocki
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Pathogen Removal ◽  
Best Management

scholarly journals Indicator and Pathogen Removal by Low Impact Development Best Management Practices

Water ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Peng ◽  
Yiping Cao ◽  
Megan Rippy ◽  
A. Afrooz ◽  
Stanley Grant
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Pathogen Removal ◽  
Best Management

scholarly journals Six State Survey of Container Nursery Nitrate Nitrogen Runoff

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-208
Author(s):  
T. Yeager ◽  
R. Wright ◽  
D. Fare ◽  
C. Gilliam ◽  
J. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Controlled Release ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Drinking Water Standard ◽  
Nitrogen Runoff ◽  
Controlled Release Fertilizers ◽  
Container Nursery

Abstract Container nursery bed runoff, reservoirs or ponds that contained runoff, wells, and surface water discharged from the property or at the property border were sampled at approximately 6-week intervals during April–October 1990 in Alabama, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. Runoff from container beds averaged 8 and 20 ppm NO3-N, respectively, for nurseries using controlled-release fertilizers (CRF) and controlled-release fertilizers supplemented with solution fertilizers (CRFSS). Average NO3-N levels for runoff collection ponds, property borders, and wells were each less than 10 ppm, the drinking water limit, regardless of fertilizers used. However, ppm NO3-N for some samples exceeded the drinking water standard. In general, these data indicate reason for concern and nursery operators need to implement best management practices.

Implementation of Forestry Best Management Practices and Sediment Delivery in Three Regions of North Carolina and Virginia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent S Hawks ◽  
M Chad Bolding ◽  
W Michael Aust ◽  
Scott M Barrett ◽  
Erik Schilling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Forest Operations ◽  
Sediment Delivery ◽  
Management Zones ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Streamside Management Zones ◽  
Sediment Mass

Abstract Forestry best management practices (BMPs) were created in response to the Clean Water Act of 1972 to protect water quality from nonpoint source pollutants such as sediment. The objectives of this study were to quantify the relationship between BMP implementation and sediment delivery on 58 recently harvested sites across three physiographic regions and five forest operational features. BMP implementation rates, erosion rates, sediment delivery ratios, and sediment masses were calculated at 183 silt fences functioning as sediment traps adjacent to streams in Virginia and North Carolina. Major access system features, including stream crossings, skid trails, and haul roads, typically delivered the greatest sediment mass to streams and had the highest sediment delivery ratios on a per feature basis. When accounting for sediment mass delivered and area in each feature, harvest area accounted for approximately 70% of sediment delivered to streams for all regions. Most features had proportionally higher erosion rates than sediment masses collected at silt fences, indicating that most erosion generated by forest operations is being trapped by either harvest areas or streamside management zones. For most features and regions, as BMP implementation increased, erosion rates and the sediment masses delivered to streams decreased. Study Implications Forestry best management practices (BMPs) are designed to mitigate the amount of sediment entering streams and affecting other aquatic features as a result of forest operations. In this study, a significant inverse relationship between BMP implementation and the amount of sediment delivered to streams was found, indicating that increasing levels of BMP implementation reduces sediment delivery. Most of the erosion caused by forest operations is being trapped before it is delivered to streams. This research highlights the importance of leaving streamside management zones along streams and minimizing the extent of bare soil and area in temporary and permanent roads.

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