Removal of non-point source pollutants from domestic sewage and agricultural runoff by vegetated drainage ditches (VDDs): Design, mechanism, management …

MN Kumwimba, F Meng, O Iseyemi, MT Moore… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Domestic wastewater and agricultural runoff are increasingly viewed as major threats to both
aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems due to the introduction of non-point source inorganic (eg …

Drainage, waterlogging, and salinity

M Valipour - Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, various areas in the world have faced waterlogging and salinity problems, which
are intensified by a myriad of factors including use of wastewaters for irrigation, unsuitable …

Two centuries of nitrogen dynamics: Legacy sources and sinks in the Mississippi and Susquehanna River Basins

KJ Van Meter, NB Basu… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Global flows of reactive nitrogen (N) have increased significantly over the last century in
response to agricultural intensification and elevated levels of atmospheric deposition …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient removal performance from agricultural drainage by strengthening ecological ditches in hilly areas

J Zhang, M Yan, X Lu, T Wang - Agricultural Water Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural drainage from catchment greatly impacts water quality in the hilly area due to
high nitrogen concentrations in the central basin of Sichuan Province, China. The original …

The use of constructed wetlands for nitrogen removal from agricultural drainage: A review.

J Vymazal - 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Diffuse pollution from agricultural drainage is a severe problem for water quality and it is a
major reason for eutrophication of both freshwaters and coastal waters. Constructed …

Management practices used in agricultural drainage ditches to reduce Gulf of Mexico hypoxia

DR Faust, R Kröger, MT Moore, SA Rush - Bulletin of environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Agricultural non-point sources of nutrients and sediments have caused eutrophication and
other water quality issues in aquatic and marine ecosystems, such as the annual occurrence …

Managing artificially drained low-gradient agricultural headwaters for enhanced ecosystem functions

SC Pierce, R Kröger, R Pezeshki - Biology, 2012 - mdpi.com
Large tracts of lowlands have been drained to expand extensive agriculture into areas that
were historically categorized as wasteland. This expansion in agriculture necessarily …

A field-scale investigation of nutrient and sediment reduction efficiencies of a low-technology best management practice: Low-grade weirs

BH Baker, R Kröger, JD Prevost, T Pierce… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing awareness of hypoxia in ocean regions across the globe has led to creation of
nutrient reduction strategies targeting this coastal problem. In the Mississippi River Basin …

Highly efficient removal of phosphorus from agricultural runoff by a new akadama clay barrier-vegetated drainage ditch system (VDD) and its mechanism

Y He, X Zhou, Q Zhang, JD Gu, Y Zhang, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A vegetated drainage ditch (VDD) system is an effective management practice for removing
excess phosphorus (P) from agricultural runoff. However, the maximization of P removing …

Nitrogen loss and its health risk in paddy fields under different drainage managements

A Darzi-Naftchali, A Shahnazari… - Paddy and water …, 2017 - Springer
Subsurface drainage is a prerequisite for year-round crop production in a large area of
northern Iran, s paddy fields. Minimizing environmental and health issues related to nitrogen …