Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
10-1989
Abstract
Agricultural chemicals are essential components of agricultural production systems in the United states. Pesticides control weeds, insects, and have had an important role in increasing agricultural productivity in the last 50 years, despite diminishing crop land acreage. The benefits of chemicals use options in agriculture must be balanced against potential contamination of surface water and ground water resources. This study shows the effect of water management practices on pesticide movement and its potential pollution to ground water. It indicates that careful use of pesticides, water management practices and irrigation system design alternatives could cause a major reduction in ground water contamination potential.
Recommended Citation
Ehteshami, M. and R.C. Peralta. 1989. Pesticide movement and water management. Presented by Ehteshami. Distributed at Utah Environmental Health Association Meeting in Logan, Ut. October 1989. 32 p. [Invited] (C,E)
