The effects of agricultural land use patterns on pollutant runoff from watersheds : rangeland/pastureland and row cropping /

amount of runoff and pollution transport from row cropped

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jayne, Andrew A., 1961-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:amount of runoff and pollution transport from row cropped
and pollution to receiving streams. Best management
areas. Three automated sampling sites were set up to collect
counties. The study also looked at rangeland and row cropped
cropped farmland. The third site was set up to sample on a
events. The implications of these findings are that, where
familand to estimate which land use type produced more runoff
farming along the Colorado River in Travis and Bastrop
form of nutrients, pesticides and suspended solids. This
how to implement and maintain best management practices to
lakes and streams. One of the contributors of pollution to
less pollutants to receiving waters. The findings from this
less runoff @ row cropped areas and therefore contributes
Much attention is being focused on water quality in rivers,
obtain optimal benefits.
possible, efforts should be made to implement best management
practices to reduce the amount of runoff and pollution to
practices were also looked at as a means of limiting the
practices. The accepted convention is that rangeland produces
produced in subwatersheds from corn, grain sorghum and cotton
project generally support this. Additionally, it was found,
receiving waters. Producers also need to be educated as to
rivers, lakes and streams is runoff from agriculture in the
row cropped farm that employed certain best management
set up to sample from streams that drained subwatersheds of a
significantly reduced the amount of runoff and pollutants
study was designed to look at the amount of these substances
subwatershed consisted primarily of rangeland and pastureland
that move off site from row cropped areas during rainfall
the form of terracing, contour plowing and filter strips
through computer modeling, that best management practices in
tributary to the Colorado River. The land use at one
water samples after rainfall events. Two of the sites were
while the land use at the other site consisted mainly of row
Item Description:"Major subject: Range Science".
"May, 1995".
Vita.
Physical Description:vii, 166 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: page 84.