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Can unpaved roads and watersheds co-exist? Researchers wade into the question

  • April 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Can unpaved roads and watersheds co-exist? Researchers wade into the question
Imagine a dump truck dropping 13 tons of dirt into the waters of Brush Creek, a waterway that feeds northwest Arkansas' primary drinking water source, Beaver Lake. That's how much soil and sediment researchers measured going into the stream as runoff due to a single large storm event.

Originally published at Phys.org

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