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.
This is called a V-A shunt (Ventricular-Atrial shunt). There are pictures of the two types of shunts in the pictures above. The shunt has a valve, which controls the amount of fluid that flows from the brain to the abdomen or heart. The most common complications of a ventricular shunt are infection and malfunction. Malfunction can be caused by blockage in the shunt, the shunt breaking or because a valve in the shunt is not working.