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At a time when Pennsylvania is largely counting on riparian buffers to achieve water-quality improvements needed to meet the state’s obligations for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, a multidisciplinary Penn

At a time when Pennsylvania is largely counting on riparian buffers to achieve water-quality improvements needed to meet the state’s obligations for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, a multidisciplinary Penn

UNIVERSITY PARK — At a time when Pennsylvania is largely counting on riparian buffers to achieve water-quality improvements needed to meet the state’s obligations for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay,

The Duncannon Community Centre, Star of the Sea provided the setting for the quarterly meeting of the SE Regional Operational Committee on Water Quality on 10th May, involving state agencies and local authority staff to discuss issues affecting water quality in the Southeast Region, from counties Wexford to Tipperary. Over 50 people from the across the government sectors as well as the National Federation of Group Water Schemes were in attendance.

By avoiding steep slopes for application, phosphorus-based nutrient balance scenarios simulated reduction in total phosphorus loss in excess of 25%.

By avoiding steep slopes for application, phosphorus-based nutrient balance scenarios simulated reduction in total phosphorus loss in excess of 25%.

Penn State senior Elka Hoelsken is exploring environmental and natural resource issues as a student in the Environmental Resource Management program.

 E-Mail IMAGE: In the simulations, hay was reallocated onto landscapes most vulnerable to erosion and nutrient loss, such as the areas near streams, whereas corn-soybean rotations were reallocated onto less vulnerable areas.... view more  Credit: Patrick Drohan, Penn State Growing the right crop in the right place within an impaired watershed can achieve significant water quality improvements, according to Penn State researchers, who conducted a novel study in the drainage of a Susque...