Keywords
Vegetative filter strips
SS646
SS646
How to Cite
Wu, Lei, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, and Yuncong Li. 2016. “Vegetative Filter Strips—A Best Management Practice for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution: SL432/SS646, 10/2015”. EDIS 2016 (1). Gainesville, FL:4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss646-2015.
Abstract
Increasing numbers of pollutants have been observed in natural water systems. As awareness of agricultural sources of water pollution has grown, Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been specifically designed to address agricultural water pollutants and protect water quality. This 4-page fact sheet introduces one of the BMPs, Vegetative Filter Strips (VFSs), which efficiently control nonpoint pollution such as sediments, nutrients, and pesticides. The publication covers primary functions, key design factors, and maintenance of VFSs. Written by Lei Wu, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, and Yuncong Li, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, October 2015.
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US EPA. 2002. "Considerations in the design of treatment Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality." http://nepis.epa.gov/Adobe/PDF/2000D1JS.PDF. Accessed October 28, 2015.
Wu, L., R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao, W. Yang, and Y. A. Pachepsky. 2014. "Colloid filtration in surface dense vegetation: Experimental results and theoretical predictions." Environmental Science & Technology 48: 3883-90. https://doi.org/10.1021/es404603g
Dillaha, T. A. 1989. "Vegetative filter strips for agricultural non-point source pollution control." Transactions of the ASAE 32: 513-19. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.31033
Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 1995. "Stormwater management-A guide for Floridians." http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/nonpoint/docs/nonpoint/Stormwater_Guide.pdf. Accessed October 28, 2015.
Li, Y., and K. Migliaccio. 2011. Water Quality Concepts, Sampling, and Analyses. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 75-76. https://doi.org/10.1201/b10157
Li, Y. 2001. Calcareous Soils in Miami-Dade County. SL183. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/tr004. Accessed October 28, 2015.
Moore, M. T., E. R. Bennett, C. M. Cooper, S. Smith, F. D. Shields, C. D. Milam, and J. L. Farris. "Transport and fate of atrazine and lambda-cyhalothrin in an agricultural drainage ditch in the Mississippi Delta, USA." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 87: 309-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00148-7
Muñoz-Carpena, R., J. E. Parsons, and J. W. Gilliam. 1999. "Modeling hydrology and sediment transport in vegetative filter strips." Journal of Hydrology 214: 111 - 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00272-8
NRCS, FL. 2015. "Field Office Technical Guide: Section IV. Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard, filter strip." http://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/FL/FL393.pdf. Accessed October 28, 2015.
Parsons, J. E., J. W. Gilliam, R. Muñoz-Carpena, R. B. Daniels, and T. A. Dillaha. 1994. "Nutrient and sediment removal by grass and riparian buffers." Paper presented at the Environmentally Sound Agriculture: proceedings of the second conference: 20-22 April 1994.
Robinson, C. A., M. Ghaffarzadeh, and R. M. Cruse. 1996. "Vegetative filter strip effects on sediment concentration in cropland runoff." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 51: 227-30.
Schmitt, T. J., M. G. Dosskey, and K. D. Hoagland. 1999. "Filter strip performance and processes for different vegetation, widths, and contaminants." Journal of Environmental Quality 28: 1479-89. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800050013x
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. 2010. "Managing the water's edge-Making natural connections." http://www.sewrpc.org/SEWRPCFiles/Environment/RecentPublications/ManagingtheWatersEdge-brochure.pdf. Accessed October 28, 2015.
USDA-NRCS. 1999. "The national conservation buffer initiative." Washington: USDA National Resources Conservation Service, 53.
US EPA. 2002. "Considerations in the design of treatment Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality." http://nepis.epa.gov/Adobe/PDF/2000D1JS.PDF. Accessed October 28, 2015.
Wu, L., R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao, W. Yang, and Y. A. Pachepsky. 2014. "Colloid filtration in surface dense vegetation: Experimental results and theoretical predictions." Environmental Science & Technology 48: 3883-90. https://doi.org/10.1021/es404603g