Decreasing trends in total suspended solids and cumulative effects of nonpoint source projects in the Cuyahoga River Watershed, OH.

ABSTRACT: Using the US EPA's Grants Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS), we test if completion of best management practices (BMPs) through the Clean Water Act Section (§)319 National Nonpoint Source Program was associated with a decreasing trend in total suspended solids (TSS) load (metric tons/year). The study area chosen had 21 completed projects in the Cuyahoga River watershed in northeastern Ohio from 2000 to 2018. The §319 projects ranged from dam removal, floodplain/wetland restoration to stormwater projects. There was an overall decreasing trend in TSS loads. We identified three phases of project implementation and completion, where phase 1 had ongoing projects, but none completed (2000-2004). The steepest decrease in loads, identified as phase 2 (2005-2011), was associated with completion o

SUBMITTER: McManus MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10265748 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature