Tools for calculating pollution reduction estimates
BWSR receives funding to implement conservation best management practices to protect, enhance and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams, and to protect groundwater from degradation. Pollution reduction estimators are available to measure outcomes of many conservation practices.
- Download BWSR Water Erosion Pollution Reduction Estimator (Excel file)
- Instructions for using BWSR pollution reduction estimators
- Download RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation - Excel file)
- RUSLE2
(Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) - USDA NRCS Field Office Technical Guide - Section 1C (Erosion Prediction)
- MinnFARM (University of Minnesota Extension - Manure Management and Air Quality Education and Research)
- Wind Erosion Equation
- Wind Erosion Prediction System
Reporting pollution reduction information for BWSR-funded projects
- eLINK is the tool that BWSR and local government units use for tracking local outcomes of conservation practices.
- The BWSR Grants Reporting page has a list of reporting deadlines and requirements for all BWSR grant recipients.
