Sentences with phrase «soil as a filter»

It is good to put a layer of charcoal under the soil as a filter.

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Farmers using climate - smart practices understand that trees do a lot on farms: they can act as windbreaks, reducing soil erosion; they can enrich soil; they can filter water, resulting in higher water quality; they provide shade for workers and shade - loving plants; they create habitat for wildlife and wildlife corridors; they suck up and store greenhouse gasses — the list goes on.

Competition between nonautochtonous (in this case pathogenic) and autochtonous bacterial populations (typical soil microorganisms) as they pass through a planted soil filter diminishes the survivability of pathogenic bacteria.

Other specific conditions, such as the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the pore water of the filter body, reduce the ability of pathogens to survive in planted soil filters.

The lush canopy not only serves as a good insulator but also collects rainwater, which the plants and soil filter and bamboo pipes deliver straight into the dog's water bowl.

The soil acts as a filter, removing chemicals and degrading harmful compounds like NDMA.

«The study was unique in that it provided a snapshot of soil acting as a biogeochemical filter to remove some emerging contaminants,» said Gall, who presented the findingsat the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, in Spokane, Washington.

Concentrations in the groundwater were typically at least one order of magnitude lower than the concentrations in the treatment plant effluent, suggesting that the soil generally acted as an effective biogeochemical filter, except during snowmelt events.

FOOD GRADE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH: aka DE, you should only use Food Grade for yourself and your pets, as any other type is used for garden soil and pool filters and is toxic.

One might think that green roofs and rainwater harvesting were made for each other, that the sand, soil and filter cloth would help clean the water as it made it's way to the drain.

Soils act as an integrator and natural low - pass filter of white noise precipitation variability.

In undisturbed landscapes, such as woods and open field, there is very little stormwater runoff because rainwater filters through soil or evaporates into the atmosphere.

As water collects in the rain garden, it is filtered and slowly absorbed by soil and plants.