MOE/ UTRCA agriculture waste management program: 1989 final report

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Poel, Karen

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Ontario Ministry of the Environment

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The objectives of this study were: 1) Continue to monitor background and runoff event conditions in the Kintore Creek east and west sub-basins. 2) Provide an interim report on the effects of soil conservation practices on sub-watershed water quality. 3) Provide laboratory support costs for water sample analysis. 4) Initiate a study in cooperation with the Oxford County Health Unit to determine the extent and impact of unacceptable private septic systems within a rural geographical area of the Pittock Reservoir watershed. 5) Research, develop and install an alternate, low cost milkhouse washwater treatment method in the Pittock Reservoir, Sub-basin #2 study area. 6) Undertake a literature review on the effects of livestock access to streams on herd health and/ or production.

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Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Waste Management Reports

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water quality, runoff, soil conservation practices, septic system, milkhouse washwater, waste treatment, livestock access

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