Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2017MI506S

Phosphorus Optimized Wetland Treatment and Placement Screening

Institute: Michigan
USGS Grant Number: G17AP00031
Year Established: 2017 Start Date: 2017-01-01 End Date: 1970-01-01
Total Federal Funds: $50,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: Not available

Principal Investigators: Jon Bartholic

Project Summary: This research will develop, evaluate, and document a method for treating runoff (surface and tile) between the edge of field and streams in the Western Lake Erie Basin using an phosphorus optimized treatment train. Three possible scenarios include installing treatment trains in county ditches, private ditches, and as replacement to subsurface tile mains. A treatment train might include vegetation, slope modifications, in‐bed filter materials, and subsurface flow modifications.