Relative Sediment Loading Hazard of Harford County, Maryland
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Durham, John D.
Douglas, Chase McBride
Larramendi, Gustavo Adolfo
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Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Environmental Studies
Runoff
Agricultural pollution
Constructed wetlands
Wetland management
Riparian areas -- Management
Sedimentation and deposition
Atlantic Ocean -- Chesapeake Bay
Maryland -- Harford County
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Poster; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] Gustavo Larramendi is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University. Chase Douglas is a member of the Class of 2014 of Washington and Lee University. John Durham is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University. Solutions to non-point source runoff are riparian buffers and constructed/remediated wetlands. Built wetlands in Maryland have successfully been able to remove 68% of nitrogen and 43% total phosphorus from runoff. Riparian buffers retain 50-90% of nitrate loading in groundwater and surface runoff, as well as sediment in runoff. Additionally riparian buffers prevent erosion of streambank which also lowes [sic] sediment in the waterways.
Areas identified by these maps as locations of high sediment loading, such as those in zooms 3 and 4, indicate potential zones for future remediations. John Durham Chase Douglas Gustavo Larramendi