Rainfall frequency atlas for Missouri
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"The growing concern over keeping the rivers and streams free of contaminates has focused on the need to control runoff from areas containing undesirable substances. In the farming industry, this means that managers of feedlots and dairy farms will need to prevent animal waste from polluting nearby streams, and all farmers will need to develop ways of preventing fertilizers and pesticides from flowing into nearby rivers. In many instances, runoff from these areas can be diverted into settling ponds or lagoons. If designed properly, these will catch wastes and precipitation runoff that contains undesirable substances and hold it until either the pollutant settles out or is processed in some manner. How large should these ponds or lagoons be? The ponds should be just large enough to hold all of the expected runoff from their drainage area. If too small, the pond will serve no useful purpose, while a pond larger than necessary will be uneconomical. The size of the settlement pond, or lagoon, depends upon the amount of precipitation that is expected as runoff from the drainage area. The runoff amount that is most important to this type of a system is not the monthly or yearly average, but the amount that is expected to fall over a short time interval, for example, in one day, or one week."--Introduction.
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