Water affects every facet of our lives, from drinking supplies to recreation. Its quality determines how and if it can be used. A recent assessment from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment found many Kansas streams to be impaired by pollutants such as fecal coliform bacteria, herbicides, nitrogen, phosphorus and/or sediments. Pollutants come from a variety of sources including: substances discharged from factories, runoff from agricultural land or storm drains and yards in urban areas.
A number of practices are recognized to preserve or improve water quality including riparian buffer strips, reduced pesticide/herbicide use, vegetative filter strips, reduced tillage, fertilizer placement, pesticide timing.
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For those of you that are not aware
Warren Bell has retired as of July 3rd, 2009.
There is no longer a Watershed specialist for the Lower Neosho River Basin in Woodson County.
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