BUTLER/CUNNINGHAM

This page introduces the topic of erosion. We hope to add more in the future.

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ENVIRONMENT FACTS:

EROSION

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The diminishment of farm activity, the sharp decrease in row crops, and the use of no-till methods, have all considerably reduced erosion from rural areas. At the same time, however, the increase in urban population has led to more erosion from the building of residences and other structures, from road building, and from the maintenance of lawns and gardens. These other sources very likely lead to considerably more erosion now than rural sources, and they can lead to more servere problems because the run-off (effluvium) is likely to be heavily concentrared in limited areas. Rarely can the surrounding landscape fully assimilate erosion from urban sources or from large-scale road building. Such run-off clogs drains, sewers and treatment facilities, and fills-in streams, lakes, beaches and shore-lines.

Fortunately, several activist groups are now aware of problems with erosion and are working to minimize it, construction companies are aware of the problem and are generally willing to deal with it, techniques have been developed for minimizing erosion, and products have been developed for minimizing erosion at construction sites. Please see buttons to the left. Now it remains for home owners and renters to become more aware of erosion and learn to minimize it.