QUALITY ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AND DRAINAGE

In this report, the ASCE Task Committee on Agricultural Runoff and Drainage has summarized the literautre and research findings with respect to sources of pollutants, nature of downstream impacts, and relationships between pollutant loads and certain physical variables. Agricultural discharges, from nonirrigated lands are significant contributors of nitrogen, phosphorus, and pesticdes to downstream receiving waters. State-of-the-art knowledge indicates that management practice directed toward control of erosion, control of runoff, and management of fertilizer and pesticide application can reduce total pollutant load carried off-site from agriculture lands. The development of on-site discharge water quality control measures, as contemplated under PL 92-500, must be predicated on detailed surveys of a more specific nature due to the high degree of variability in the factors influencing waterborne pollutant transport. /ASCE/

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• Publication Date: 1977-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 475-495
• Serial:
  • Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: IR4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9437
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jidedh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Drainage; Erosion control; Fertilizers; Impacts; Nitrogen; Pesticides; Phosphorus; Runoff; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Agricultural drainage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172156
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE 13439 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM