Agricultural nonpoint Source Pollution
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- I have brought you here because the prior research I have done here in California could be a potential solution to the Agricultural nonpoint source pollution problem in Kentucky
- This can be a low cost, low maintenance and eco friendly solution for farmers to reduce the dramatic effect of the run off pollution that enters the Kentucky waterways.
- I wonder if it will be as effective as my "Polluter Pays" idea?
- I hope Professor Grismer understands that Kentucky and California are very different.
- Please be better a better Cathy's idea of making farmers pay for polluting, what will that do, make food more expensive?
- Sounds feasible, but I need proof in order to bring it back to the Cabinet
- This might be worth another podcast..
- Studies have shown here in California, that the strategic placement of the vegetative barriers have proven to reduce many different nutrients that pollute the waters by agricultural run off.
- Native grass? That sounds like a wonderful solution that is very cost effective, and good for the farmlands
- It is simple. With the basic equation of establishing the slope of the property, the direction of the run off, and a simple process of planting a "hardy native perennial grass species" around the border of the crops, a percentage of the nutrients will get caught in the grass, going back into the soil, therefore not flowing into the waterways, which reduces the nonpoint source pollution
- How long have you been doing this research?
- Now that I have explained the basics of our research, lets go ahead and go check out the water samples we have been keeping
- We have been testing the water and researching the efficiency of vegetative barriers for over 20 years
- Here we have samples from all of the water sources we have been keeping record of. These samples show that any type of vegetative barrier can reduce the amount of nutrient run off by 62%-100%.
- Bluegrass is the most common grass in Kentucky, and 92%-100% are some really great numbers!
- What filter type worked the best?
- Our studies show that the most efficient vegetative barrier is"Bluegrass, considering that it reduces 6 different types of nutrients and the reduction percentage ranges from 92%-100% of all runoff.
- I will definitely be talking about this in my next podcast!
- I'm so glad a feasible solution was found!
- I'm just glad my research could help the people, and the environment!
- Professor Grismer, I will be taking this information back to the Kentucky Cabinet. Thank you for all of your effort and time into finding a solution for Agricultural nonpoint source pollution
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