Agricultural runoff impacts on total maximum daily loads and water quality
Agricultural runoff may have substantial
nutrient loading impact on local water segments as well as on rivers, bayous,
and bays within the affected watershed. Excessive nutrient loads promote eutrophication
of waterways, which results in high biological oxygen demand and consequent
. To promote agricultural best management practices (BMPs) that consider both
the legal and environmental ramifications of runoff impacts to surface and
ground water, this proposed work integrates scientific validation of selected
agricultural BMPs with education and extension activities to deliver:
Objectives: Evaluation of the effect of BMPs on water quality for runoff from a row cropping/pasture site, a silvicultural watershed, and for an aquaculture discharge site. The characterization of land use and nutrient loads in drainages of the Escambia River, Florida, which is affected by the study sites to which BMPs are being applied. Dr. Joe Eugene Lepo and Dr. Richard A. Snyder of the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation will direct a team of UWF scientists to execute the research. The research will be conducted:
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