Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River Plaster Creek Stewards Fall event, 2012.

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Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River Plaster Creek Stewards Fall event, 2012

N. Keegstra, J. Parks, and L. Vander Linden Calvin College Senior Deisgn Project

clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=659

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Little Plaster Creek

Problems caused by stormwater Irregular flow patterns and unnatural flooding in streams and rivers – Stream bank erosion Thermal pollution (temperature spikes) EPA estimates 50-70% of surface water pollution is carried by stormwater runoff Lawn/fertilizer nutrients

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