Agricultural runoff impacts on
total maximum daily loads and water quality
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summer of 2004 four middle level teachers from Escambia County,
Florida and 17 middle level students came to the UWF Campus to participate
in a week long summer camp associated with the research project.
Through the summer camp experience these teachers and students participated
in several aspects of the project including field trips to the 4 H
site and the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation.
They also performed microbial counts of water samples from the field site
and explored various aspects of the environment that affect agricultural
runoff including comparisons of soil properties, comparisons of nutrient
changes due to microbial action on nitrate fertilizer and bio-solids, and
use of GPS for mapping plots.
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