Runoff from rural areas carries pollutants to nearby waterbodies. This full-color friendly poster illustrates some of the many ways such water pollution can be prevented in rural America.
- Upland wetland areas trap phosphorus, nitrogen, and other contaminants, preventing them from flowing downstream to lakes and streams. Wetlands also retain soil that can erode from mountainous regions, thus avoiding sedimentation of waterbodies in the valleys.
- Using less fertilizer and chemicals on lawns and golf courses helps protect water quality. Applying these chemicals according to the label directions is important.
- Clean lakes are fun – for swimming, boating, fishing, and just enjoying. Maintaining good lake water quality also protects potential drinking water sources.
- By slowing runoff, lowland wetland areas filter out phosphorus, nitrogen, sediments, and other contaminants before they can enter lakes and streams.
- Best management practices protect surface and groundwater by preventing misuse of nutrients and chemicals on farmland.
- Tree and grass filter strips slow running water as it drains from farms and communities. These buffer areas capture contaminants before they enter lakes, streams, and wetlands.
- Conservation tillage and terraces can be used on slopes to reduce soil erosion and runoff of contaminants into waterbodies.
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