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A team at a university in Pennsylvania has concerns about the health of streams in a watershed because of the various land uses in the area. There has been an increase in road repair work, and the area has many dairy farms. Which of the following would be most effective at preventing sediment runoff into the streams of the watershed? *
a) Have construction crews steepen the slopes of the valleys of streams near roadwork zones.
b) Maintain zones of grass at least wide on the sides of streams in the area.
c) Construct at least one dam on a stream in the watershed to improve flood control.
d) Shift from dairy farming to corn planted in agricultural fields located within of streams.

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The ecological methods allows to find the correct answer to the question of how to prevent river pollution is:

   b)  Maintain zones of grass at least wide on the sides of streams in the area.

Stream pollution from human activities can occur in a number of ways:

  • The rubble boat in the river.
  • The dragging of products from the bargains, fertilizers by the rains.   Dragging of land by rain and machinery.

Let's analyze the different claims.

a) False. It is too expensive and the slopes cannot be changed due to possible flooding problems.

b) True. Maintaining a protective zone with grass on the sides of the rivers, prevents the waste of the frarmer from reaching the river, and the problems of the debris reaching the river bank. This un  ecological methods.

c) False. The dam controls flooding but does not eliminate the problems of river pollution.

d) False. Many lands are not acts for agriculture, but for livestock.

In conclusion we can find the correct answer to the question of how to prevent river pollution is:

   b) Maintain zones of grass at least wide on the sides of streams in the area.

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