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Agriculture Non-Point Source Pollution Control

dc.contributor.author Cestti, Rita
dc.contributor.author Srivastava, Jitendra
dc.contributor.author Jung, Samira
dc.date.accessioned 2013-08-16T16:44:42Z
dc.date.available 2013-08-16T16:44:42Z
dc.date.issued 2003-06
dc.description.abstract The Chesapeake Bay is the largest and historically most productive estuary in the United States. It is approximately 200 miles long and 35 mile wide at it broadest point. The Bay's watershed includes parts of six states (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the entire District of Columbia. This area encompasses 64,000 square-miles, 150 major rivers and streams and has a population of 15.1 million people. It receives half of its water from the Atlantic Ocean; the rest from rivers, streams and groundwater sources. Fifty percent of the freshwater coming into the Bay comes from the Susquehanna River, which starts in New York State and flows through Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay supports 3,600 species of plants, fish and animals. It is home to 29 species of waterfowl, a major resting ground along the Atlantic Migratory Bird Flyway, and provides winter nesting for over one million waterfowl. After years of decline, the Bay still supports number of commercial and recreational fisheries, producing about 500 million pounds of seafood per annum. Over the years as its population the watershed grew, use of agricultural chemicals became widespread and livestock numbers increased, the water quality in the Bay declined. Nutrients, sediments and toxic chemicals flowing into the Bay were decreasing dissolved oxygen, increasing turbidity, killing-off sea grasses and producing diseases in fish and shellfish. Research undertaken in the late 1970s and early 1980s determined that the major culprits responsible for the decline of the Chesapeake Bay's health were the excess nutrient loads from municipal wastewater plants and from agriculture and residential lands, the sediment runoff from agricultural and residential construction, and the high level of toxic chemicals coming from industry and agriculture. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2491149/agriculture-non-point-source-pollution-control
dc.identifier.isbn 0-8213-5523-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15119
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries World Bank Working Paper;No. 7
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject WATERSHED
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject CROP ROTATION
dc.subject STRIP CROPPING
dc.subject COVER CROPS
dc.subject WATERWAYS
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject POULTRY
dc.subject FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject TREE PLANTING
dc.subject FOREST RESTORATION
dc.subject GRAZING MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SEDIMENT DISCHARGE
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject SOIL EROSION
dc.subject LIVESTOCK AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL WATER
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject ALFALFA
dc.subject ANIMAL WASTES
dc.subject ANIMALS
dc.subject ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION
dc.subject BASINS
dc.subject BEANS
dc.subject BENEFICIAL USE
dc.subject BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject BMPS
dc.subject BUFFER ZONES
dc.subject COASTAL EROSION
dc.subject COMPOSTING
dc.subject CONSERVATION
dc.subject CONSERVATION TILLAGE
dc.subject CONTAMINATED WATER
dc.subject CONTROLLED GRAZING
dc.subject CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE
dc.subject CORN
dc.subject COTTON
dc.subject COTTON CROP
dc.subject CROP
dc.subject CROP PRODUCTION
dc.subject CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subject CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject CROP ROTATION
dc.subject CROP YIELD
dc.subject CROP YIELDS
dc.subject CROPLAND
dc.subject CROPPING SYSTEM
dc.subject CROPPING SYSTEMS
dc.subject CROPS
dc.subject CULTIVATED LAND
dc.subject DEGRADATION
dc.subject DISCHARGE
dc.subject DISSOLVED OXYGEN
dc.subject DIVERSION
dc.subject DRAINAGE
dc.subject DRINKING WATER
dc.subject ECOLOGY
dc.subject EFFICIENT USE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject EUTROPHICATION
dc.subject EVAPORATION
dc.subject EXOTIC SPECIES
dc.subject FARM
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FARMS
dc.subject FERTILIZER
dc.subject FERTILIZERS
dc.subject FILTRATION
dc.subject FISH
dc.subject FISHERIES
dc.subject FISHING
dc.subject FLOODPLAINS
dc.subject FRACTURED BEDROCK
dc.subject FRESHWATER
dc.subject FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject GASES
dc.subject GRASSED WATERWAYS
dc.subject GRASSES
dc.subject GROUNDWATER
dc.subject GROUNDWATER SOURCES
dc.subject HABITAT
dc.subject HARVESTING
dc.subject HAY
dc.subject HEAVY RAINFALL
dc.subject HERBICIDES
dc.subject INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LAND USES
dc.subject LEGUMES
dc.subject MANURE
dc.subject MECHANICAL WEEDING
dc.subject MOISTURE
dc.subject MULCH
dc.subject MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
dc.subject NITRATES
dc.subject NITROGEN
dc.subject NITROGEN REMOVAL
dc.subject NUTRIENT LOADS
dc.subject NUTRIENT REMOVAL
dc.subject NUTRIENTS
dc.subject PARTICLES
dc.subject PARTICULATE
dc.subject PESTICIDE
dc.subject PESTICIDE USE
dc.subject PESTICIDES
dc.subject PHOSPHORUS
dc.subject POINT SOURCE
dc.subject POINT SOURCE POLLUTION
dc.subject POINT SOURCES
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS
dc.subject POULTRY
dc.subject PRECIPITATION
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject QUALITY CONTROL
dc.subject QUALITY OF WATER
dc.subject RAINFALL
dc.subject RECHARGE
dc.subject RIPARIAN
dc.subject RIPARIAN COUNTRIES
dc.subject RIVERS
dc.subject ROOT SYSTEMS
dc.subject ROOT ZONE
dc.subject RUNOFF WATER
dc.subject SEA
dc.subject SEDIMENT
dc.subject SEDIMENT RETENTION
dc.subject SEDIMENTATION
dc.subject SEDIMENTS
dc.subject SEEDING
dc.subject SEWAGE
dc.subject SLOPING LANDS
dc.subject SOIL EROSION
dc.subject SOIL TYPE
dc.subject SOILS
dc.subject SPACING
dc.subject SPRING
dc.subject STRIP CROPPING
dc.subject SURFACE RUNOFF
dc.subject SURFACE WATER
dc.subject SURFACE WATER QUALITY
dc.subject SURFACE WATER RUNOFF
dc.subject SURFACE WATERS
dc.subject TOXIC CHEMICALS
dc.subject TREE PLANTING
dc.subject TREE PLANTINGS
dc.subject UNEP
dc.subject URBAN RUNOFF
dc.subject WASTE
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER POLLUTANTS
dc.subject WATER QUALITY
dc.subject WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER RESOURCE
dc.subject WATER SYSTEM
dc.subject WATER TABLES
dc.subject WATERFOWL
dc.subject WATERS
dc.subject WATERSHED
dc.subject WATERSHEDS
dc.subject WATERWAYS
dc.subject WEEDS
dc.subject WETLANDS
dc.title Agriculture Non-Point Source Pollution Control en
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okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/2491149/agriculture-non-point-source-pollution-control
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/0-8213-5523-6
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 2491149
okr.identifier.report 26599
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okr.sector Agriculture, fishing, and forestry :: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector
okr.topic Water Resources :: Water and Industry
okr.topic Water Resources :: Water Conservation
okr.topic Water Resources :: Wetlands
okr.topic Crops and Crop Management Systems
okr.unit Sustainable Devmt Sector Unit (ECSSD)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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