Open AccessREMEDIATION OF LEON WATER FLOOD, BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS
Author(s) -
M.L. Korphage,
Kelly Kindscher,
B. G. Langhus
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/819317
Subject(s) - groundcover , environmental remediation , growing season , environmental science , soil water , soil remediation , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , agronomy , ecology , geology , soil contamination , biology , soil science , contamination , geotechnical engineering
The Leon Water Flood site has undergone one season of soil amendments and growth of specialized plants meant to colonize and accelerate the remediation of the salt-impacted site. The researchers characterized the impacted soil as to chemistry, added soil amendments, and planted several species of seedlings, and seeded the scarred areas. After the first growing season, the surface soil was again characterized and groundcover was also characterized. While plant growth was quite meager across the area, soil chemistry did improve over most of the two scars