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To calculate the
phosphorus budget, we look at all of the different land uses in the
watershed. (15 Land Uses)
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Each land use contributes
a certain amount of Phosphorus to the watershed every year. The rates we used
were from DEP and previous CEAT reports. For each land use, we used a low and
high Phosphorus loading rate as well as our best estimate for the Phosphorous
load given the unique characteristics of the Pattee Pond watershed.
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Multiplying the rate of
Phosphorus loading by the area of each land use gives the total Phosphorus
input to the watershed from that land use.
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