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Water Quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1992-95

Fertilizers and Livestock Wastes Increase Nutrients in Streams and Ground Water Figures


Pie Chart of Phosphorus Inputs
More than 96 percent of the total anthropogenic phosphorus input to the study area is in the form of commercial fertilizers and livestock manures. Point sources such as sewage-treatment plants contribute only about 1.2 percent of the total input (Robertson, 1996a).

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