Difference between revisions of "Water quality"

From LID SWM Planning and Design Guide
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 21: Line 21:
<panelInfo>
<panelInfo>
<gallery mode="packed" widths=300px heights=300px>
<gallery mode="packed" widths=300px heights=300px>
Algae_Miss.jpg| Algae on Rocks in Mississauga, ON [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algae_on_Rocks_-_Mississauga.jpg Ryan Hodnett]
AlgaeMiss.jpg| Algae on Rocks in Mississauga, ON [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algae_on_Rocks_-_Mississauga.jpg Ryan Hodnett]
</gallery>
</gallery>
</panelInfo>
</panelInfo>
Line 27: Line 27:
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-12">
----
----
===See Also===
===See Also===
<ul>
<ul>

Revision as of 19:44, 5 June 2017

Overview[edit]

Improvements in the quality of stormwater runoff is one of the primary benefits of low impact development strategies.



Nutrients[edit]

Phosphorous

Plants (including algae) require three macro nutrients to grow: Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous. Of these three, phosphorous is the often the "growth-limiting" nutrient. i.e. the local environment may have an abundance of nitrogen and potassium, but algae won't develop until phosphorous is added too.

Major sources of man-made phosphorous in the environment include agricultural fertilizers...

<panelInfo>

</panelInfo>