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ScienceDaily: Each time it rains, runoff carries an earthy tea steeped from leaf litter, crop residue, soil, and other organic materials into the storm drains and streams that feed Chesapeake Bay.
A new study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that land use in the watersheds from which this "dissolved organic matter" originates has important implications for Bay water quality, with the organic carbon in runoff from urbanized or heavily farmed landscapes more likely to persist......
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Source of organic matter affects Bay water quality
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 23rd, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation