RSMT was successfully applied to reconstruct two soccerfields in Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx, NY. The City of NY needed to dredge the silted-in lake in the park. The City was planning to pay for disposal of City  yardwaste, Zoo manure and sediment from the park lake and then buy topsoil to reconstruct two soccerfields in the park. RSMT allowed these materials to be recycled into needed topsoil at substantial reduced cost, saving the City considerable money. The dredged material was removed from the lake, processed, dewatered and blended with City ground and screened yardwaste and animal manure compost (Zoo Doo) from the Bronx Zoo (Pictures to the left). This is a great example of recycling three residual wastes from on-going City activities (yardwaste collection and disposal and Zoo maintenance) and restoration of the park lake and ending up with two soccerfields for the community.

RSMT was successfully used to construct wetlands that purified nitrate ladened agricultural drainage and runoff water in Plymouth, NC. Doctoral research at North Carolina State University conclusively showed that RSMT produced outstanding wetland soil for treating nitrogen contaminated drainage and runoff water from agricultural fields receiving swine waste lagoon effluent.  The graduate student blended dredged material from the Corps of Engineers Wilmington Districts Eagle Island Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) with Phragmites compost from the CDF and processed swine manure to make different mixtures. He also blended existing farm soil with residual straw from the harvest of grain and processed swine manure into different mixtures. These mixtures were placed into Scirpus validus model wetlands (Picture to the left of Michael Burchell, II and one of his models) and evaluated for treating nitrate in farm drainage and runoff water. The research showed outstanding denitrification and removal of nitrogen from the water.A very practical solution to nitrate pollution from agricultural fields was demonstrated such that if the farmer placed RSMT wetlands in his drainage ditches around his fields, drainage and runoff waters would be purified before leaving his land.