Effect of mixed-grass cover and native-soil filter on urban runoff quality.

A grass-covered soil filter of native calcareous loam, 200-feet long, 4-feet wide and 5-feet deep, was tested for effectiveness as a water-quality treatment for Tucson urban storm runoff. Water was pumped from Arcadia Wash and applied to the filter in four trials in Fall 1971. Inflow and outflow vol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Popkin, Barney P.
Other Authors: Resnick, Sol Donald
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1973
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/191582