Roger H. Glick, Mary Leigh Wolfe, Thomas L. Thurow
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A field study was conducted to determine the influences of vegetation composition, buffer width, and infiltration rate on the effectiveness of native
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vegetation buffer zones as nonstructural treatments of urban runoff with respect to increasing water quality. The soil was a shallow, well-drained clay overlying limestone. 12 constituents were measured, and 4 different vegetation compositions were used as treatments: wooded areas, wooded areas cleared, native grasses mowed, and native grasses unmowed. The mowed and unmowed areas had the lowest concentrations of pollutants. Concentration of the pollutants in the buffer strip was studied.
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