Enhancing erosion control and reducing turbidity in construction site runoff

March 9, 2022
Richard McLaughlin, professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at North Carolina State University, discusses chemical treatment approaches to erosion control.

There has been a fair amount of research on the use of chemical treatments to enhance erosion control and to help reduce turbidity in construction site runoff. Richard McLaughlin, a professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at North Carolina State University has studied various chemical treatment approaches in practice, and discusses his findings.