Trends in surface-water quality during implementation of best-management practices in Mill Creek and Muddy Run Basins, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Florida container nurseries face the challenge of maintaining profitability while protecting the environment by improving the efficiency of water and fertilizer use. Best management practices (BMPs) provide irrigation and fertilization guidelines for meeting this challenge. BMPs are economically and technologically feasible to implement and they focus on the ground- and surface water quality issues of the state. However, increasing nursery participation in the statewide BMP program is crucial as the industry continues to expand and interface with urbanization.

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EFFECTS OF FOREST HARVESTING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN THE VIRGINIA COASTAL PLAIN

Transactions of the ASAE ◽

10.13031/2013.2989 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 927-936 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

T. M. Wynn ◽

S. Mostaghimi ◽

J. W. Frazee ◽

P. W. McClellan ◽

R. M. Shaffer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Surface Water ◽

Coastal Plain ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Surface Water Quality ◽

Forest Harvesting ◽

Best Management

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A SIMULATION MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE SUCCESS OF AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY

Lake and Reservoir Management ◽

10.1080/07438148409354488 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 77-81

Author(s):

James Madigan ◽

Douglas Haith ◽

Scott O. Quinn ◽

Jay Bloomfield

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Surface Water ◽

Simulation Model ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Surface Water Quality ◽

Best Management ◽

Agricultural Best Management Practices

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Investigating the effects of agricultural best management practices on water quality of a surface water

Zastita materijala ◽

10.5937/zasmat1904369e ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 369-378

Author(s):

Akıner Ernur

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Surface Water ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Best Management ◽

Agricultural Best Management Practices

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Stimulating implementation of best management practices to reduce pesticide loads to surface water in a small agricultural catchment

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21802 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Piet Seuntjens ◽

Ellen Pauwelyn ◽

Els Belmans ◽

Ingeborg Joris ◽

Elien Dupon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Drinking Water ◽

Surface Water ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Point Sources ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Physical Analysis ◽

Best Management ◽

The Impact

<p>High-quality, safe, and sufficient drinking water is essential for life: we use it for drinking, food preparation and cleaning. Agriculture is the biggest source of pesticides and nitrate pollution in European fresh waters. Pesticide occurrences in rivers result from diffuse runoff from farmland or from point sources from the farmyard. Although many best management practices (BMPs) to mitigate these diffuse and point sources are developed and widely disseminated for several years, the effective implementation of mitigation measures in practice remains limited. Therefore, the Waterprotect project has been set up to improve the knowledge and awareness of the impact of crop protection products on the water quality among the many actors, to identify the bottlenecks for implementation of suitable BMPs and further develop new governance strategies to overcome these issues for a more effective drinking water protection. As all actors share the responsibility to deal with the water quality, government agencies (e.g. environmental agencies), private actors (e.g. drinking water company, input supplier, processing industry) and civil society actors (e.g. farmers) are involved in the project. Processes to cope with the problem are initiated in 7 action labs among which the Belgian Bollaertbeek action lab. The study area is a small agricultural catchment where surface water is used as intake to produce drinking water for the nearby city. The area is sensitive to erosion and based on a physical analysis and risk analysis of the catchment, the implementation of filling and cleaning places on individual farms and buffer strips along the watercourse are proposed as suitable measures to tackle the pollution problem. In order to implement them, mechanisms to increase the involvement of targeted farmers and alternative governance systems are studied. Results of the analysis of the water quality issues and the water governance system in the Belgian Bollaertbeek action lab and the strategies to try to improve the uptake of mitigation measures to improve water quality will be presented.</p>

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Exploration of Integrating Stormwater Best Management Practices into Landscape Design in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City

Water Practice & Technology ◽

10.2166/wpt.2009.063 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Ming Jiang ◽

Xuefeng Lin ◽

Stephane Asselin

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Urban Design ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Surface Water Quality ◽

Landscape Design ◽

Polluted Water ◽

Best Management ◽

Water Sensitive Urban Design

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City is a cooperation project between Singapore and China that seeks not only to be sustainable, but also practical, scalable and replicable. A number of challenges exist at the site chosen for this unique project, in particular, scarce and polluted water resources. An urban landscape design that is water sensitive and maximises utilisation of stormwater as a resource and improves surface water quality is currently being prepared. Rationale and general design approach including unique challenges are discussed. Preliminary sizing and siting is presented. It is concluded that relevant overseas experience can be successfully applied in the Chinese context and that a Water Sensitive Urban Design and in particular, stormwater BMPs, are a key component of a sustainable Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City.

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A Survey of Nursery Water Quality Best Management Practices

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.501e ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 501e-502

Author(s):

Cody J. White ◽

Michael A. Schnelle ◽

Gerrit W. Cuperus

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Plant Materials ◽

Best Management ◽

Employee Safety ◽

Current Water ◽

Management Approaches ◽

Environmentally Sound

A survey was designed to assess high-risk areas with respect to environmental contamination, specifically how it relates to water quality. Oklahoma growers of all economic levels, retail and/or wholesale, were queried at their place of business for their current state of implementing best management practices (BMPs) and other strategic actions that could potentially affect current and future water quality standards. Specific areas such as the physical environment of the nursery, primary pesticides and fertilizers used, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices, and employee safety training were covered as well as other aspects germane to preserving and protecting current water quality and related environmental issues. More than 75 nurseries were surveyed and given the opportunity to participate in future training at Oklahoma State Univ. Results indicated that nurseries have not fully implemented many BMPs, but have adopted fundamental IPM approaches. The stage is set for the implementation of the next phase of expansion and refinement into ecologically based programs such as propagation and sale of low pesticide input plant materials, improved cultural practices, and the integration of environmentally sound management approaches. As an example, many growers are in the process of phasing out calendar-based pesticide application programs in favor of aesthetic and/or economic threshold-driven pesticide spray programs.

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Agricultural best management practices and surface water improvement and management

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1995.0275 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 31 (8) ◽

pp. 109-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

D. L. Anderson ◽

E. G. Flaig

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Surface Water ◽

Best Management Practices ◽

Management Practices ◽

Agricultural Runoff ◽

South Florida ◽

Lake Okeechobee ◽

Runoff Water ◽

Best Management ◽

Management Plans

Restoration and enhancement of Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Everglades requires a comprehensive approach to manage agricultural runoff. The Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act of 1987 was promulgated to develop and implement plans for protecting Florida waters. The South Florida Water Management District was directed by Florida legislature to develop management plans for Lake Okeechobee (SWIM) and the Everglades ecosystem (Marjory Stoneman Douglas Everglades Protection Act of 1991). These plans require agriculture to implement best management practices (BMPs) to reduce runoff phosphorus (P) loads. The Lake Okeechobee SWIM plan established a P load reduction target for Lake Okeechobee and set P concentration limitations for runoff from non-point source agricultural sources. Agricultural water users in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) are required to develop farm management plans to reduce P loads from the basin by 25%. The Everglades Forever Act of 1994 additionally emphasized linkage of these landscapes and consequent protection and restoration of the Everglades. Agricultural BMPs are being developed and implemented to comply with water management, environmental, and regulatory standards. Although BMPs are improving runoff water quality, additional research is necessary to obtain the best combination of BMPs for individual farms. This paper summarizes the development of comprehensive water management in south Florida and the agricultural BMPs carried out to meet regulatory requirements for Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.

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