As a Food Scientist and former Dean of Agriculture for a leading land-grant institution, the new President of Kansas State University has a working familiarity with the agriculture sector. Even so, in these first months at the K- State Helm, one issue that has quickly caught Richard Linton’s attention is a growing challenge in a large chuck of the state:
A recent assessment from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment found many Kansas streams to be impaired by pollutants such as fecal coliform bacteria, herbicides, nitrogen, phosphorus and/or sediments. Pollutants come from a variety of sources, including substances discharged from factories, runoff from agricultural land or storm drains and yards in urban areas.
