Sentences with phrase «excess fertilizer runoff»

One of the benefits of constructing these artificial wetlands was thought to be in cleaning and filtering polluted water, including mitigating the effects of excess fertilizer runoff, which has been contributing to hypoxic zones in the ocean.

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The United States has trimmed excess fertilizer use since a peak in the 1990's, the scientists write, but runoff and releases from livestock operations still create big water problems, most notably the Gulf of Mexico «dead zone» resulting from nutrients washing from fields and livestock around the Mississippi River watershed.

When we use too much fertilizer on our yard, the excess is picked up by storm - water runoff and dumped right into our waterways.

When we use too much fertilizer on our yard, the excess is picked up by stormwater runoff and dumped right into our waterways.