The watershed program offers technical assistance to watershed groups, municipalities, and individual citizens. A watershed is a geographic area of land across which water, and the sediments and dissolved materials it contains, flow on their way to a single common outlet -- a stream, lake or river.
What is Lumboperitoneal Shunt? Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt is an artificial connection created by neurosurgeons which allows excess of cerebrospinal fluid to leave the subarachnoid space and enter the peritoneum. From there, the fluid is easily absorbed and eliminated via the circulatory system and the kidneys.
The purpose of the shunt is to reduce the amount of CSF in the brain by draining it to the abdomen or directly into a chamber of the heart. This shunting of CSF helps reduce the pressure on the brain. A shunt is a hollow plastic tube that is placed in the ventricle of the brain.