 The effectiveness of streambank fencing to improve microbial water quality: A reviewRichard W. Muirhead Agricultural Water Management, 2019, vol. 223, issue C, - Abstract: All animals require drinking water to live. However, when animals have access to streams they can impact on water quality due to direct deposition of animal faeces into the water. This brings the needs of the animal to drink into direct conflict with society’s desire to maintain values for stream health and water quality. A literature review was conducted to collate published data on the effectiveness of fencing stock out of waterways/streams to reduce faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) concentrations in streams. Eighteen suitable papers were identified. These originated from four different countries and used a range of different FIB and experimental approaches. Reported values of stream fencing effectiveness covered a large range, from zero to 96%, with a median value of 62%. Overall, the different experimental approaches did not appear to bias results. This large range in effectiveness values indicated that while we are confident that stream fencing will improve microbial water quality in streams, we have very low confidence in predicting the actual percentage reduction values that can be expected. Keywords: E. coli; Fecal indicator bacteria; farms; animals; stock; mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:223:y:2019:i:c:28 DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105684 Access Statistics for this article Agricultural Water Management is currently edited by B.E. Clothier, W. Dierickx, J. Oster and D. Wichelns More articles in Agricultural Water Management from Elsevier |
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