Vegetative Filter Treatment of Livestock Feedlot Runoff

Four vegetative filters were installed on feedlots in central and northern Illinois. Two configurations were used: channelized Dow and overland Dow. After settling for partial solids removal, runoff was applied directly to the fUters and allowed to Dow from the inlet to the outlet section. Results from measurement analyses and sampling of influent, efOuent, and surface Dow at intermediate points were re-