Some agricultural pesticides used in the Midwest can also be carried to the wetland through surface runoff. Nitrates are lost from upland sites primarily through subsurface drainage. In the wetland, ...

The runoff should be held in the basin for 15 to 30 minutes. The surface area of the basin is found by dividing the feedlot runoff rate (cubic feet per hour) by 4 cubic feet/hour/square foot. The ...

A final design consideration is an emergency spillway or diversion structure. The total retention volume of these filters should be designed to treat the surface runoff of a particular design storm ...

Gardeners should avoid applying surface soil amendments immediately before heavy rainfall. Fertilizers applied just before a downpour are highly susceptible to runoff, and the nutrients will ...

Rainwater runoff comes from roofs, driveways, and parking lots. These and other constructed hard surfaces are called impervious. Impervious surfaces prevent or slow rainwater infiltration, which ...

Scientists have produced the first remote sensing analysis of how water clouded by sediment in glacier meltwater moves on the ...