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The following are websites hosted by others and technical resources that are available on the topic of Vegetative Treatment Systems.
LPES Curriculum Small Farm Fact Sheets
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Livestock Producer Environmental Assistance Program (LPEAP) maintains a website with many virtual tours of VTS, mainly geared to smaller operations. An article about their program.
North Dakota State University maintains a website for Vegetative Treatment System Research.
Iowa State University is conducting research on large CAFO VTS systems. They maintain a website that hosts their publications, research results, and a model they have developed for design professionals. Instruction for downloading both the ELG model (holding pond performance) and the VTA-VIB model (performance of VTA's and VIB's) is hosted at this site. Non-Basin Technologies for Open Feedlot Runoff: Demonstration, Implementation, and Modeling. See also the Iowa State University publication on Vegetative Filter Strips
NRCS Collaborative Report on Vegetative Treatment Systems for Open Lot Runoff is a collective set of recommendations by 15+ authors on topics of siting, planning, and management of Vegetative Treatment Areas. Download the entire report (8 MB) or individual chapters. Maintained by the Heartland Water Quality Initiative
Resources about Vegetative Treatment Systems can also be found at the Heartland Water Quality Initiative Website.
Using Constructed Wetlands for Removing Contaminants from Livestock Wastewater, Ohio State University
The Crop Nutrient Tool developed by NRCS, is useful for estimating nutrient uptake capacities of vegetation species typically used for VTA’s
Page developed and maintained by Chris Henry, University of Nebraska Extension
Page reviewed by:Mark Rice, North Carolina State University
