Author: Washington (State). Department of Ecology. Water Quality PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Dryland Agriculture Water Quality Management Plan, Appendix III, Section 208, P.L. 95-217
Author: Washington (State). Department of Ecology. Water Quality PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Dryland Agriculture Water Quality Management Plan
Author: Washington (State). Department of Ecology. Water Quality PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Dryland Agriculture Water Quality Management Plan, Section 208, P.L. 95-217
Author: Washington (State). Department of Ecology. Water Quality PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Irrigated Agriculture Water Quality Management Plan
Author: Washington (State). Department of Ecology. Office of Water ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Irrigated Agriculture Water Quality Management Plan
Author: Plowed Under
Author: Andrew P. DuffinPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In Plowed Under, Andrew P. Duffin traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating agricultural paradise, weighing the consequences of what this progress has wrought. During the twentieth century, the Palouse became synonymous with wheat, and the landscape was irrevocably altered. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, native vegetation is almost nonexistent, stream water is so dirty that it is often unfit for even livestock, and 94 percent of all land has been converted to agriculture. Commercial agriculture also created a less noticeable ecological change: soil erosion. While common to industrial agriculture nationwide, topsoil loss evoked different political and social reactions in the Palouse. Farmers all over the nation take pride in their freedom and independence, but in the Palouse, Duffin shows, this mentality - a remnant of an older agrarian past - has been taken to the extreme and is partly responsible for erosion problems that are among the worst in the nation. In the hope of charting a better, more sustainable future, Duffin argues for a candid look at the land, its people, their decisions, and the repercussions of those decisions. As he notes, the debate is not over whether to use the land, but over what that use will look like and its social and ecological results.
Washington Nonpoint Source Water Quality Management Plan, 1981
Author: Washington (State). Water Quality Planning SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Agriculture and Grazing Practices Statewide Water Quality Management Plan , Environmental Assessment (EA) B1; Forest Practices Statewide Water Quality Management Plan, Environmental Assessment (EA)
Author: 208 Data Clearinghouse
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Water Quality Management
Author: Asit BiswasPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317978951
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs. The book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years. This book was published as a special issue of International Journal of Water Resources Development.