Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2004OK31B

Optimal Selection of Management Practices for Phosphorus Abatement Using GIS and Economic Methodology in the Modeling of a Watershed

Institute: Oklahoma
Year Established: 2004 Start Date: 2004-03-01 End Date: 2006-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $25,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $50,094

Principal Investigators: Brian Adam, Franklin Norwood, Arthur Stoecker, Daniel Storm

Project Summary: Lake eutrophication has been blamed on excessive land application of poultry litter and resulting phosphorus runoff. The proposed research will provide spatially optimal, least-cost allocations of management practices between point and non-point sources to reduce phosphorus runoff in a watershed. Second, it will provide recommendations on management practices each producer should adopthow each producer should apply less litter, use alum treated litter, buffer strips, or adopt other management practices. It investigates the feasibility of a cooperative venture to convert poultry litter into electricity and commercially saleable byproducts, which will reduce the land application of poultry litter. The amount of litter allocated to this plant and the plants expected net income/loss will be included with the alternative management practices to determine the plants effect on cost of achieving TMDLs.