Ground Water Quality and Agricultural Practices

Chapter -- 1 The U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service Commitment to Ground Water Research /Bobby A. Stewart -- 2 National Survey of Pesticides in Drinking Water Wells /Jerry Kotas -- GROUND WATER USAGE -- 3 Water Conservation for More Crop Production in the Great Plains /Lawrence H. Wetter -- 4 Ground Water Conservation Techniques: Potential Impacts on Water Usage and Quality /Harry P. Mapp -- 5 Conjunctive Use of Surface and Ground Water in the South Platte River Basin: A Case Study of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District /Thomas V. Cech -- 6 Ground Water Recharge for Oklahoma /An Analysis of Past and Future Methodology /Robert K. Thomas, Jr -- 7 Effects of Irrigation Practices on Stream-Connected Phreatic Aquifer Systems /S.G. McLin -- 8 Ground Water Contamination from Saltwater Intrusion and Limitations on Agricultural Activities /Samuel F. Atkinson -- 9 Economic and Environmental Impacts of Using Municipal Sewage Effluent for Agricultural Production /Daniel D. Badger and Donald E. Thomason, Jr -- 10 Soil Testing as a Guide to Prudent Use of Nitrogen Fertilizers in Oklahoma Agriculture /Gordon V. Johnson -- 11 Efficient Nitrogen Fertilization in Agricultural Production Systems /Robert L. Westerman -- 12 Nitrates and Pesticides in Ground Water: An Analysis of Computer-based Literature Search /L.W. Canter -- 13 Behavior and Subsurface Transport of Agrochemicals in Conservation Systems /Thanh H. Dao -- Chapter -- GROUND WATER POLLUTION SOURCES AND EVALUATION -- 14 Impacts of Agricultural Chemicals on Ground Water Quality in Iowa /Robert D. Libra, George R. Hallberg, and Bernard E. Hoyer -- 15 Assessing Some Potentials for Changing Agronomic Practices and Improving Ground Water Quality /Implications from a 1984 Iowa Survey /Steven Padgitt and James Kaap -- 16 Assessment of Empirical Methodologies for Predicting Ground Water Pollution from Agricultural Chemicals /Debra S. Curry -- 17 Investigation of Nitrate Contamination in Shallow Ground Waters Near Woodward, Oklahoma /B.K. Gopal -- 18 Saline Seep on Wheatland in Northwest Oklahoma /W.A. Berg, C.R. Cail, D.M. Hungerford, J.W. Naney, and G.A. Sample -- 19 A National Assessment of Ground Water Contamination from Pesticides and Fertilizers /Deborah M. Fairchild -- 20 Quantitative Studies of Biodegradation of Petroleum and Some Model Hydrocarbons in Ground Water and Sediment Environments /Fu-Hsian Chang, Marc Hult, and Nancy N. Noben -- 21 Interactive Simulation of Chemical Movement in Soil /D.L. Nofziger and A.G. Hornsby -- 22 Regulation of the Agricultural Utilization of Sewage Sludge in New Jersey /Akos Fekete and Helen Pettit-Chase -- PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT -- 23 Incentives and Institutions to Reduce Pesticide Contamination of Ground Water /Brian P. Baker -- 24 Poultry Manure Management and Ground Water Quality: The Delaware Solution /J. Ross Harris, Jr -- 25 Nitrogen and Ground Water Protection /S.J. Smith, J.W. Naney, and W.A. Berg -- 26 Ground Water and Agriculture: Addressing the Information Needs of Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Program /Joseph R. Makuch and Mitchell D. Woodward -- 27 Developing a State Ground Water Policy in the Corn Belt: The Iowa Case /Brian P. Borofka, C.S. Cousins-Leatherman, and Richard D. Kelly -- INDEX.