Best Management Practices for Urban Areas to Manage Phosphorus
Identification of existing technologies in the Lake Erie and New Innovations
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Lake Erie Phosphorus Trends
Effective management strategies reduced the point sourcesMost of TP is from non point sources, including allochthonous and autochthonous sources
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Lake Erie Phosphorus Trends
Daloglu et al. In press
The proportion of bioavailable DRP is increasing since 1995New research questions: source of DRP ? (watershed and/or internal)
Best Management Practices for Urban Areas to Manage Phosphorus
Identification of existing technologies in the Lake Erie and New Innovations
Non structural BMPs:
Education, awareness, buffer zones, green spaces, regulation (fertilizers)
Structural BMPs:
Non point sources: Filtrations, riparian zones, green roofs, wetlands
Point sources: WWTP (primary to tertiary), 33 systems covering the range of treatment and size.
Lake Erie watershed Lake SimcoeLake Winnipeg
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