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Ecological-Engineered Stormwater Management: more than just urban landscaping

Ecological-Engineered Stormwater Management: more than just urban landscaping. Stacy Lewis Hutchinson 1 , Reid Christianson 1 , Tim Keane 2 , and Lee Skablund 2 1 Biological & Agricultural Engineering 2 Landscape Architecture and Regional/Community Planning Kansas State University

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Ecological-Engineered Stormwater Management: more than just urban landscaping

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  1. Ecological-Engineered Stormwater Management:more than just urban landscaping Stacy Lewis Hutchinson1, Reid Christianson1, Tim Keane2, and Lee Skablund2 1Biological & Agricultural Engineering 2Landscape Architecture and Regional/Community Planning Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Voice: 785-532-2943 Fax: 785-532-5825 sllhutch@ksu.edu

  2. NonPoint Source Pollution • Largest water quality problem in United States. • 40% of streams, lakes, estuaries not clean enough for basic uses • Agriculture is the largest contributor to NPS. • Agriculture impairs 25% of stream miles and 19% of lake acreage in U.S. NPS = Any pollution source that is not a statutory point source of pollution…includes sources that are diffuse in nature and which are not discharged from a few localized points. Assessed Rivers http://www.epa.gov/iwi/2000may/iv1_usmap.html#rivers

  3. The Problem

  4. Natural Solution

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