Non-Point Source Pollution

 


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Stream Side Buffers

Vegetative buffers along a stream capture sediments and nutrients before they reach the stream. A minimum buffer width of 15' is required increasing in width as the slope of the field leading to the stream increases

For reducing your impacts on Non-Point Source Pollution


 

For more information try the following links

Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts
http://www.pacd.org/resources/npslinks.htm

Agriculture nonpoint source pollution
http://www.protectingwater.com/agriculture.html

 

 

 

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