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M. Duchemin and R. Hogue, “Reduction in Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in the First Year Following Establishment of an Integrated Grass/Tree Filter Strip System in Souther Quebec (Canada),” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Vol. 131, No. 1-2, 2009, pp. 85-97. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.005

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• TITLE: Preliminary Experimental Study on Effectiveness of Vegetative Filter Strip to Pollutants in Surface Runoff

  AUTHORS: Na Deng, Huaien Li, Dongqing Shi

  KEYWORDS: Pollution Control, Runoff, Vegetative Filter Strips, Non-point Pollutants, Plot Experiment

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.3 No.4, March 29, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Vegetative filter strip (VFS) is a main kind of Best Management Practices for the control of non-point source pollution. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of VFS in Chinese northwest regions. Three VFSs with natural grass and Hippophae rhamnoides/grass patterns have been constructed in the bank slope of Xiaohuashan reservoir, Huaxian County, Shannxi Province. The removal effects of VFS and influencing factors have been analyzed based on field experiment data. The result reveals a positive effect on reducing the transportation of suspended solids, phosphorus and nitrogen in surface runoff, and it is more efficient on suspended solids removal. The experiment also shows that most of the suspended particles and pollutants bound to them were entrapped in the first 10 m of VFS. The main factors influencing effectiveness of VFS include vegetation patterns and inflow rate. In addition, inflow pollutant concentration has a larger impact on reducing total nitrogen and total phosphorus by VFS, but the reduction effect on SS has no significant difference.