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Study design and preliminary data analysis for a streambank fencing project in the Mill Creek Basin, Pennsylvania

Fact Sheet 193-96
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs19396

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Abstract

The Pequea Creek and Mill Creek Basins within Lancaster and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania have been identified as areas needing control of nonpoint-source (NFS) pollution to improve water quality. The two basins are a total of approximately 200 square miles and are primarily underlain by carbonate bedrock. Land use is predominantly agriculture. The most common agricultural NFS pollution-control practices implemented in the Pequea Creek and Mill Creek Basins are barnyard-runoff control and Streambank fencing. To provide land managers information on the effectiveness of Streambank fencing in controlling NFS pollution, a study is being conducted in two small paired watersheds within the Mill Creek Basin.

Suggested Citation

Galeone, D.G., Koerkle, E.H., 1996, Study design and preliminary data analysis for a streambank fencing project in the Mill Creek Basin, Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 193-96, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs19396.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Study design and preliminary data analysis for a streambank fencing project in the Mill Creek Basin, Pennsylvania
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 193-96
DOI 10.3133/fs19396
Year Published 1996
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Description 4 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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