drainage field News
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Predicting drainage impacts
Predicting the drainage impacts on downstream peak events is complex because it involves studying many physical processes at different interdependent scales: the individual field, the drainage network, and the catchment. This group of researchers from France and North Carolina performed an experiment performed in a small subsurface-drained catchment (130 ha), east of Paris, France. The main ...
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New guide plays role in stemming drainage investment decline
The basic principles of field drainage, as well as maintenance and installation information, are the subject of a new practical guide issued by AHDB. By refreshing knowledge on drainage, it is hoped that the guide will play an important role in stemming the decline in UK drainage investment. Well-drained soils enhance the resilience of land by making it more able to withstand weather shocks ...
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Farm trials support efficacy of ferric phosphate
On-farm field trials, carried out to raise awareness of pesticides in water, have highlighted the efficacy of ferric phosphate as a viable alternative to managing slug populations. Kelly Hewson-Fisher, catchment advisor at Anglian Water, began the trials in the Louth Canal area in Lincolnshire – an important drinking water source for the county - just over one year ago, and she has since ...
By Certis UK
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Ferric phosphate - a valuable addition to water catchment management
Kelly Hewson-Fisher, catchment advisor at Anglian Water, tells us how a trial to raise awareness of pesticides in water has proven ferric phosphate to be a viable solution to the issue. “When I started with Anglian Water 16 months ago, there were no surface water catchment management trials being carried out in Lincolnshire. “Awareness of sustainable metaldehyde usage was growing, ...
By Certis UK
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The performance operating company fined for violating the clean water act
The Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Performance Operating Company, LLC, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, $3,250 for violating federal Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations at two of its oil production facilities. A June 28, 2012, EPA inspection at the company’s North Kane Tank Battery in Osage County, Oklahoma, found the facility’s SPCC plan had ...
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Black & Veatch selected for Guangzhou drainage master plan study
Guangzhou, China – Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, has been selected to provide specialty consultancy services on a Drainage Master Plan for the urban centre of Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province, China. “Black & Veatch has a strong reputation for providing innovative solutions on drainage projects in congested urban environments ...
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Final Report on Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex Shows Facility is Suitable for Public Use
A final comprehensive report of scientific surface gamma radiation screening and soil sampling of the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex (BMAC) in Bridgeton, Mo., shows the facility is suitable for public use and requires no further environmental response, EPA Region 7 announced today. “Local residents and visitors can be assured that a thorough scientific survey and review process has ...
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Company fined after pig effluent causes water pollution
A company that runs a pig farm in Essex has been fined £15,000 after effluent from its animals twice polluted a ditch which drains into the Colne Estuary. A.M. Gray & Co Limited caused water pollution on two occasions after pig slurry from their Bocking Hall Pig Farm, in West Mersea, got into a tributary of the Pyefleet Channel earlier this year. The company pleaded guilty to two ...
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Results of Surface Radiation Screening Suggest Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex Remains Suitable for Public Use
Results of a scientific surface gamma radiation screening of the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex (BMAC) in Bridgeton, Mo., suggest the multi-purpose outdoor recreational facility remains suitable for public use, EPA Region 7 announced today. “EPA’s analysis of data collected from more than 58,000 surface points across BMAC suggests no levels of gamma radiation that would pose ...
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New stormwater treatment at boeing field will reduce toxic PCBs and help protect the Duwamish River and Puget Sound (WA)
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement with The Boeing Company to construct a new stormwater treatment system at North Boeing Field in Seattle. The treatment system will greatly reduce the amount of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are an on-going source of pollution to the Duwamish River. The North Boeing Field storm drain system carries stormwater to ...
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Arsenic in field runoff linked to poultry litter
Fields amended with poultry litter can accumulate significant levels of arsenic, according to studies by USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and associates. These findings provide key information about the agricultural pollutants that can build up in agricultural soils over time—and possibly migrate into nearby streams and rivers. Poultry producers have sometimes ...
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Statement from EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks on West Lake Landfill
On April 29, I received a letter from Missouri Attorney General Koster suggesting that EPA conduct off-site soil sampling for radiological material associated with the leached barium sulfate waste buried at West Lake Landfill. EPA appreciates the Attorney General’s recommendation. One concern in the Attorney General’s letter references haul routes that were used to bring the ...
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Winners Selected for Esri`s 4-H Grant Program
REDLANDS, Calif., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri has awarded 28 grants in its ninth annual GIS Grants for 4-H Program. Winning applications came from 17 states and one overseas US military installation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) This year, grantees will be using Esri's ArcGIS technology for a variety of service learning mapping ...
By Esri
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Natural Flood Management and the role of environmental monitoring
Flooding is a natural process, but it can cause heavy economic loss and endangers lives. Flood risk is expected to increase with climate change and increased urbanisation, so a heavy responsibility lies with those that allocate funding and formulate flood management strategy. In the following article, Nigel Grimsley from OTT Hydromet in the UK explains how the success of such plans (both the ...
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