“It only takes 16 feet for a raindrop to reach peak free fall velocity, therefore, it is very import

Every time it rains, water that doesn't infiltrate into the ground often rushes off the camp roads into nearby ditches, streams, or lakes. This runoff can pick up different pollutants such as sand, silt, phosphorus, bacteria, oil and grease, litter, dog waste and more. Ultimately, these pollutants find their way into a nearby waterbody , diminishing water quality.
Excessive phosphorus decreases water clarity and often causes algal blooms. With decreased water clarity may come warmer water temperatures, depleted oxygen, fewer coldwater fish and ultimately . . . lower waterfront property values.
We have to remember fieldings cruise ratings that by cutting a road into the landscape, we are interrupting the hydrologic cycle , thus interfering fieldings cruise ratings with flow and drainage patterns. The problem is that we need to get the water off the roadway fieldings cruise ratings as quickly as possible to prevent erosion, and subsequent sediment and pollution from flowing into our water.
"It only takes 16 feet for a raindrop to reach peak free fall velocity, therefore, it is very important to keep a cover of stable vegetation on soil whenever possible," states Laura Wilson , water quality scientist for the Cooperative Extension.
Good road drainage means removing the water from the surface of the road as quickly as possible and directing it toward the vegetated buffer. If the road has been constructed with proper crowning and grading, stable ditches, culverts and other diversions and has a vegetated buffer, then it should drain well. If not, then fixes include recrowning the road, grading to smooth it out, eliminating any berm along the edge, building a ditch correctly, and installing runoff diverters fieldings cruise ratings such as rubber razors or open-top culverts.
For more information about camp road maintenance, fieldings cruise ratings please contact the UMaine Cooperative Extension and request their informational booklet entitled Camp Road Maintenance: Stable Roads Lead To Healthy Lakes.