Initial Operations Report
In the fall of 1983, Fort Collins City placed into operation its 152. 6 hectare (377 acre) Resource Recovery Farm, which receives liquid sludges from the City's wastewater...
Agricultural Drainage Policy in the United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural drainage policies in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) generally call for improving the root zone environment for crop production while protecting the resource...
Agricultural Drainage Water Treatment?Are Toxic Elements Useful?
The problems pertaining to disposing of agricultural drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley are explained. Details are presented on a pilot plant which is pretreating the drainage water...
A GIS to Predict Non-Point Source Pollution Potential
The non-point pollution potential of agricultural lands was analyzed using a geographic, computer based system. Bacterial pollution received special emphasis. The system accepts digitally...
Reusing Treated Wastewater for Irrigation of Raw-Eaten Vegetable Crops in Monterey County, California
The demonstration project was entitled the Monterey Wastewater Reclamation Study for Agriculture (MWRSA). It was principally a field trial study of the feasibility of irrigating food crops...
Effects of Irrigated Agriculture on Groundwater Quality in the Corn Belt and Lake States
Irrigation of croplands has the potential to increase the rates at which water soluble substances are leached from soil into underlying aquifers. This paper evaluates the impact of irrigated...
Effect of Irrigated Agriculture on Ground-Water Quality in the Appalachian and Northeastern States
Irrigation acreage has more than doubled in Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware and Maryland in the last 10 years. Ground-water studies have been conducted in Delaware, Maryland and New...
Ground Water Pollution Potential from Irrigation?Eastern United States
The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation method for determining the influence irrigation of agricultural land has on regional ground water quality. It integrates data on irrigation...
Effects of Agriculture on Ground-Water Quality in Dade County, Florida
Multidepth wells at five test fields and a monitoring network of water-table wells in Dade County, Florida, were sampled twice during 1985 to determine concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus,...
A Model Relating Water and Sediment Yield to Upstream Agricultural Practices
A physical-process model is formulated to quantify daily water and sediment yield as related to upstream land use, land management, and soil and water conservation measures. This model...
A Computer Program Simulation of the Effect of Upstream Agricultural Practices on the Survival of Salmonid Embryos
A physical-process based computer program was developed to quantify the cause and effect relationship between the survival of salmonid embryo and upstream agricultural practices. The impact...
Lognormality of Point and Non-Point Source Pollutant Concentrations
This paper presents a series of probability plots of water quality data from a variety of discharge sources. It is intended to provide a visual display of the appropriateness of characterizing...
A Methodology of Assessing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agricultural Watersheds
Appraisals of water quality impacts induced by applying watershed management practices are difficult due to many factors. Lack of existing research data base, the diffusive characteristics...
Methodology of Determining Acceptable Levels of Heavy Metal Contamination in Municipal Sewage Sludge Applied to Cropland
The potential public health risks associated with the agricultural utilization of municipal sewage sludge dictate the development of environmentally acceptable criteria for the disposal...
Treatment of the Wastewater From the Alkaline Cooking of Maize in an RBC System
The liquid waste resulting from cooking and washing of maize is called nejayote or nexayote. The soluble COD concentration of this waste ranges from 10,000 to 20,000 mg/l. In an effort...
A Bench-Scale Study of Wastewater Aquaculture Using the Duckweed
A continuous flow bench scale reactor was used to evaluate nutrient removal and growth characteristics of the duckweed, Lemna minor. Such a system can further an understanding of the treatment...
Water Conserv II - Reclaimed Water for Citrus Irrigation
Water Conserv II is a water reuse project which will involve the use of highly treated wastewater (reclaimed water) for agricultural irrigation. It is anticipated that the project will...
Water Losses from an Irrigation Canal-Ditch-Dugout System
The general limitations of and requirements for accurate determination of water losses from an irrigation distribution system have been identified. A hydrologic water balance technique...
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Program for Lake Erie
Congress mandated (PL 92-500, Sec. 108d and 108e) that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers design and develop a program for the rehabilitation and environmental repair of Lake Erie. The...
Shrimp Farm Made Feasible
Engineers on a limited budget developed a facility on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, where Mexican blue shrimp are being raised commercially. A series of U shaped sections were laid parallel...
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