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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Trans ASABE. 2020 Jan 1;63(3):753–770. doi: 10.13031/trans.13630

Table 3.

A summary of fecal coliform load reduction factors for pasture, crop and residential BMPs.

Best Management Practice Abbreviation (a)FC reduction Factor used (%) FC reduction factor range (%) Reference
Source Control:
ISTS upgrades/repairs ISTS 99 5 – 99 (Richkus et al., 2016)
Restricted stream access Res_Acc 99 30 – 99 (Lenhart et al., 2017; Peterson et al., 2019; Richkus et al., 2016; Zeckoski et al., 2007)
Treatment Control:
Pasture management Pas_Man 90 60 – 96 (Richkus et al., 2016)
Riparian buffers Rip_Buf 51 28 – 100 (Bicudo & Goyal, 2003; Peterson et al., 2019; Richkus et al., 2016)
Manure management Manr_Man 75 44 – 99 (Richkus et al., 2016)
(a)

Used for model simulations and assumed to be implemented watershed-wide to assess BMP performance