Author: U. S. Agricultural Research Service

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781396153549

Excerpt from Water Quality Research, the President's Initiative: Program Review and Evaluation, 1992; Priority Components; Comprehensive Report, South Region The use of pesticides. Fertilizers, manures and wastes contributes substantially to the productivity and efficiency of agriculture and to the well-being of rural and urban communities. There are concerns. However, about contaminant risk to human health. Water quality. And an ecologically stable environment. The President's Initiative on Water Quality was initiated in 1990 to provide new and expanded emphasis on the protection and enhancement of our water resources. This action provided major impetus to the usda Water Quality Research Plan developed jointly and implemented in 1989 by the Agricultural Research Service (ars). The Cooperative State Research Service (csrs). The State agricultural experiment stations and other agencies. The need for a far reaching research effort on water quality problems related to agriculture was recognized, fostering an effective partnership accomplished through collaborative administrative and research efforts among usda, us. Geological Survey. The Environmental Protection Agency, and State experiment stations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.