Water Quality Impacts of Poultry Litter Land Application
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Smith, Matt C.
Sellers, Jackie
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to quantify any
differences in specific water quality parameters between a forested
watershed, similar watersheds whose land use is dominated by
poultry production and open lands that receive applications of poultry
litter, Fourstreams in The Lake Lanier drainage basin were selected
for sampling. The data collected during this study do not provide
strong evidence that the high concentrations of poultry houses and the
associated land application of litter are contributing to a degradation
of the water quality in the streams that were monitored. Almost all
of the significant differences were associated with Mud Creek, and
these differences are likely due to the discharge of municipal waste
treatment plant effluent into the stream. High levels of fecal coliform
and fecal streptococci bacteria have been noted previously in the
streams in the Lake Lanier watershed. This study also showed high
levels of bacteria in the water. The levels were high, however, for all
of the sites, including Little John which is, on the whole,
undeveloped.
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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
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1995-04
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