Title:
Using Grass Strips to Filter Catfish Pond Effluent
Using Grass Strips to Filter Catfish Pond Effluent
Author(s)
Ghate, Suhas R.
Burtle, Gary J.
Vellidis, George
Newton, G. Larry
Burtle, Gary J.
Vellidis, George
Newton, G. Larry
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Twelve 4.5 m x 24 m grass strips comprising of
two slopes (3% and 1.5%), two grasses (Bermuda and Bahia) and
three replications were used to filter pond effluent from an
intensive catfish production system. The effluent was applied as
overland runoff at the upper ends of the plots and collected at the
bottom as it flowed downslope through the grasses. From two
years' data, it was found that the grass strips removed
nonfilterable (suspended) solids in the ranges of 36%-61% and
19%-82% from the effluent depending upon the initial amounts of
solids. This filtering technique may have practical application in
reducing nutrient discharge to natural waters and in reducing
groundwater consumption by recirculating the filtered effluent.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
1995-04
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