Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Improving water quality with wetlands
As we move toward lowering the nutrient levels in our water, I expect that we will need every tool in the toolbox. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation published an article in September on using wetlands parallel to a stream. Researchers were from Wisconsin and found the practice to be effective. Read about how they used enhanced wetlands for nitrogen removal in an agricultural watershed. The practice is not a cure-all, but their data suggests that there will be streams where it is appropriate.