Fixing Phosphorus: How Adaptive Management Can Solve a Nutrient Dilemma
In Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, watershed partners have united in an effort to reduce both point and non-point phosphorus discharges. Find out how this first-of-its-kind program is changing the phosphorus discussion for wastewater treatment plants.
Using a proactive technique known as adaptive management, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, has partnered with a wide variety of stakeholders throughout the local watershed to educate people about phosphorus pollution, monitor sites throughout the watershed, and work to reduce both point source and non-point source phosphorus discharges.
Phosphorus.
Every wastewater treatment plant manager knows that meeting new limits for phosphorus can be very costly. But managers also know that controlling phosphorus at just a few point sources within the watershed is not the answer.
Introducing Oconomowoc, Wisconsin,...
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