[Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 24, Issue 13

[RBasore at Kdhe.state.ks.us]

Re;   Pet urine/Pet parks

Maybe I'm too simplistic,  but I guess my take is if the park is well
grassed, trees, etc,  then the pet urine should not be running off, but
being absorbed into the soil where the microbial activity, etc, will at
least have a chance to break it all down, absorb into plant roots, attach
to the soil particles, etc, etc, just like in a buffer strip or much like
in a septic lateral field. Towards that end, I would even recommend a
buffer strip as a BMP along the park to protect any nearby stream or pond
for just that reason.


Richard Basore
Watershed Field Coordinator
Bureau of Environmental Field Services
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
130 S. Market,  #6050
Wichita, Kans.  67202 - 3802

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E-mail:    rbasore at kdhe.state.ks.us

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