COST 869 - Mitigation options for nutrient reduction in surface water and groundwaters


List of descriptions of Best Management Practices (BMPs) produced within the SERA-17 network

Please note that the BMPs sometimes relay on situations or organizations found in the USA, and non-ISI units may be used.

The BMPs are grouped in several categories, corresponding to the structure of the list of factsheets produced within COST 869, namely BMPs for:

»» 1. Nutrient management

»» 2. Crop management

»» 3. Livestock management + production of minerals in manure

»» 4. Soil management

»» 5. Water management

»» 6. Land use change

»» 7. Land infrastructure

»» 8. Measures in surface water

»» 9. Miscellaneous (not agriculture!)










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1. Nutrient application management

[BMP SERA-17] Phosphorus balance
[BMP SERA-17] Phosphorus sources, application timing, and methods
[BMP SERA-17] Soil testing
[BMP SERA-17] Vegetative mining
[BMP SERA-17] Composting effects on phosphorus availability in animal manures
[BMP SERA-17] Management of spray fields [spraying of liquid manure]
[BMP SERA-17] Manure spreader calibration
[BMP SERA-17] Manure testing
[BMP SERA-17] Milkhouse filters [= purification of waste water from milkhouses]
[BMP SERA-17] Physical manure treatment (solids separation)
[BMP SERA-17] Treating poultry litter with aluminum sulfate (alum)
[BMP SERA-17] Treating swine manure with aluminum chloride


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2. Crop management

[BMP SERA-17] Cover crops
[BMP SERA-17] Strip cropping


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3. Livestock management + production of minerals in manure

[BMP SERA-17] Dietary phosphorus levels for dairy cows
[BMP SERA-17] Dietary phytase to reduce P losses from animal manure
[BMP SERA-17] Grazing management
[BMP SERA-17] Barnyard/feedlot runoff management


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4. Soil management

[BMP SERA-17] Conservation tillage and crop residue management
[BMP SERA-17] Erosion control systems
[BMP SERA-17] Terraces



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5. Water management

[BMP SERA-17] Grassed waterways
[BMP SERA-17] Drainage ditch management
[BMP SERA-17] Phosphorus loss with surface irrigation
[BMP SERA-17] Tailwater recovery



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6. Land use change

There are no BMPs falling in this category.

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7. Land infrastructure

[BMP SERA-17] Riparian zones
[BMP SERA-17] Filter strips


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8. Measures in surface water

[BMP SERA-17] Constructed treatment wetlands
[BMP SERA-17] Streambank and shoreline protection
[BMP SERA-17] Lake and pond treatment by nutrient inactivation [alum addition]


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9. Miscellaneous (not agriculture!)
[BMP SERA-17] Reducing urban phosphorus runoff from lawns
[BMP SERA-17] Septic field drain design and maintenance