Animal-Waste Management
The Virginia portion of the Chowan River basin is "nutrient enriched" due, in part, to the prevalence of the large swine production operations with little or no waste utilization planning. This project was initiated to demonstrate the benefits of a 75% cost-share waste management program to participants in a six county region. Five new waste storage facilities were built and nutrient management plans were developed for all participants. In this way, 48,037 tons of manure were brought under management. An additional 13 test plots, to be used for tours and educational outreach, were established to demonstrate the value of land application practices. Unfortunately, even with 75% cost sharing, high installation costs discouraged many producers from constructing systems. More work is needed in promoting the proper application of the wastes in existing storage facilities.

Composting Farm Animal and Seafood Processing Residues Recycling Waste Management Systems
The tremendous increase over the past decade in confined animal operations and the projected increase over the coming decade has made disposal of dead animals a surface and groundwater concern. Aquaculture also is a rapidly increasing enterprise in eastern NC and there is concern of landfills becoming overloaded with biodegradable products such as residues from seafood processing operations. This project will promote alternative and innovative means of managing farm and aquaculture wastes in an environmentally safe manner. Demonstration projects will be made available that include composting waste products, dead animals, and/or seafood processing residues. The proposed target materials for composting will be chicken and pig carcasses and crab by-products. Demonstration sites were selected on conservation and management skills exhibited by the producer, site location relevant to primary waterways and alternate project sites, and the use of the areas as 'teaching' aids for technical personnel and agricultural and aquacultural producers.

North Carolina Estuarine Resources Center: A Feasibility Study
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation worked with Greenways Inc. to complete a feasibility study for the siting, development, and operation of an Estuarine Resources Center, a center that could serve the tourist community, the local educational community, area researchers, and the general public. Demographic, physical, economic, social, and political concerns were considered in this analysis. A discussion of a possible theme and a brief discussion of the requirements for operation were presented. A sample site selection was conducted for eight candidate sites using six weighted variables.

Pollutant Removal from the Stormwater Detention Basin in Greenville, NC
This study will try to determine the effectiveness of the detention basin that was built in Greenville, NC, in the fall of 1991. In this way, the merits of stormwater detention basins relative to other BMPs can be assessed. The study will provide information of the surrounding land uses and the chemical characteristics of the resulting stormwater runoff, as well as on the removal efficiency of the pond. The accumulation of heavy metals in the sediments will also be examined.

Solid-Set Waste Management Installations
Solid-set waste management systems have been installed and are operating well at three sites in Washington, Tyrrell, and Bertie Counties. These systems were designed and installed to combat the excessive nutrient enrichment problems associated with livestock-waste disposal.

Stormwater Detention Basin: Greenville, NC
Urban nonpoint sources are a major contribution to excess nutrient inputs in the Tar-Pamlico River basin (where the project was conducted). A stormwater detention basin was constructed in downtown Greenville, NC, to demonstrate the implementation of an urban best management practice (BMP) to control urban nonpoint source pollution. The basin is situated to receive and treat stormwater runoff entering the Tar River.