March 10, 2011
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter March 10, 2011 |
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Solar power to clean groundwater
The US Environmental Protection Agency`s Jared Blumenfeld (image), US Congressman Mike Thompson and Linda Adams, Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency have provided details about recent exciting energy conservation and cleanup accomplishments at the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site in Davis, California. An electrical resistance heating system partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act officially went online and will reduce the projected timeline to clean up groundwater on the site from 150 years to 30 years. "For the first time ever, solar will ... |
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Cattle can help restore degraded soil
Agriculture Research Service has tested cattle grazing on degraded soil to determine if the activity would have any effect on restoring depleted nutrients. During a 12 year period, 18 paddocks were used to monitor the soils response to different land management practices. In the end, the paddocks with medium to heavy grazing proved to be the best way to sequester nitrogen and carbon in the soil. Nitrogen and carbon soil sequestration improve soil fertility and reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases. “Land owners need guidance on whether keeping the land unused is the best way to ... |
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