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Constructed Wildwood wetland part of phosphorus run-off research
July 22, 2017
By St. Marys Journal Argus
By St. Marys Journal Argus
July 22, 2017
By St. Marys Journal Argus
By St. Marys Journal Argus
Some of the water draining off an isolated, 120-acre patch of farmland bordering on the Wildwood Conservation Area (St. Mary’s, ON, Canada) will be diverted from its established path to the reservoir – through a 12-inch municipal drainage pipe – into a set of three constructed ponds that are currently under construction.
It’s part of the participation by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) in a province-wide initiative to learn more about how unutilized phosphorous – derived from nutrients spread on agricultural land to help crops grow – makes its way to Lake Erie. | READ MORE
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